Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

But the four pandas at the town’s local zoo really belong to China, and China wants them back, leaving town residents in an ...

CHIBA, Japan -- In the historical canal town of Sawara, just east of Tokyo, a regional bank's subsidiary is fueling tourism ...

Alongside Akita dogs and Hinai-jidori chickens, the Hataya rabbit is a unique animal to the region, primarily bred in Misato.

A rodent that was rescued from a curious house cat turned out to be the first Japanese dormouse found in this town on the Kii ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

A museum exhibiting costumes worn and items collected by famous Japanese actor and TV presenter Kuroyanagi Tetsuko is set to ...