A type of bird flu virus that has spread in Japan over the last few years has been found to easily infect crows, compared ...

A US team of researchers says three vets who treated cattle showed evidence of bird flu infection even though they did not ...

NHK has uncovered the extent of illegal transactions of ivory, which is still traded around the world despite an ...

Visitors to the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japanese Prefecture of Oita, which is home to more than 800 monkeys, are casting votes for their favorite primates.

Japan's aging society means that only boosting wages, a common solution to prolonged weak personal consumption, may not be ...

Snake dishes, eaten in China for 2000 years, have been in danger of slithering off the menu. But as 2025 is the Year of the ...

US President Donald Trump has suggested he would not mind if Japan's Nippon Steel took a stake of less than 50 percent in US ...

Japanese automakers are downsizing operations in Thailand, where their market dominance is waning, but Mazda is bucking the ...

Hamas has revealed the names of three hostages it plans to free on Saturday as part of a ceasefire with Israel.

Heads of state, diplomats and defense officials from around the world have gathered in Germany for the annual Munich Security ...

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Beijing is ready to "play along to the end" with the steeper import tariffs imposed by ...

In Ayaori district in Iwate Prefecture's Tono City, the last maker of a much-loved pickled vegetable snack continues to charm ...