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OCELOTS TRY TO SURVIVE IN A WORLD THAT BARELY KNOWS THEY EXIST
The camouflage is one reason chicken farmers would have had trouble wiping ocelots out of Texas... READ MORE›
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THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY
The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›
THE JAPANESE ISLAND WHERE CATS OUTNUMBER HUMANS
Aoshima, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, had been home to 900 people in 1945... READ MORE›
FRANCE SCALES BACK 'TIGER' HUNT
Related Stories French police have scaled back the hunt for a stray big cat in Paris after scotching initial reports that the animal is a tiger... READ MORE›
MOUNT FUJI GETS FREE WI-FI IN BID TO DRAW MORE VISITORS
The initiative is aimed at attracting more overseas visitors to Shizuoka and Yamanashi the two prefectures that are home to Mount Fuji... READ MORE›
PARROT PICKS JAPAN TO DEFEAT U.S. IN WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL
She was on the money in predicting Japan would beat Switzerland, Cameroon, Ecuador, Netherlands, Australia and England in Canada... READ MORE›
HUSBAND PLANTS THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE HIS BLIND WIFE SMILE AGAIN
Japan may be famous for its cherry blossom at this time of year, but in Miyazaki Prefecture people flock to see a different floral spectacle... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SUSHI CHAIN PAYS $117,000 FOR A TUNA. YES, ONE TUNA.
Sushi Zanmai, a Japanese restaurant chain, just paid 117,000 for a 441-pound bluefin tuna... READ MORE›
AOMORI, NOT KYOTO, IS JAPAN'S TOP FESTIVAL DESTINATION
Aomori, not Kyoto, is Japan's top festival destination online survey... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES IN JAPAN AT 112
The world's oldest man, Yasutaro Koide, died Tuesday at the age of 112 in Aichi Prefecture, a local official said... READ MORE›
MOMENT AN ENTIRE HOUSE IS SWEPT AWAY AS FLOODING HITS JAPAN
This is the terrifying moment an entire house was carried away by floodwater in japan caused by tropical storm etau... READ MORE›
DESPITE ASSURANCES, QUAKES PROMPT CALLS TO SWITCH OFF JAPAN'S NUCLEAR REACTORS
Calls in and outside of Japan are growing to shut down the nations' only two operating reactors at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture... READ MORE›
YAMAGUCHI CENTENARIAN BREAKS ANOTHER 1,500-METER SWIM RECORD
Competing in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Mieko Nagaoka, 100, finished the race in a world-record time of 1 hour, 15 minutes and 54 seconds, according to the Japan Masters Swimming Association... READ MORE›
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKES
Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto?... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that 1,500 people had been injured in the quakes... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKE LEAVES DOZENS INJURED AT POPULAR SKI RESORT
NewSearch Sunday 23 November 2014 Japan quake leaves dozens injured at popular ski resort Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6... READ MORE›
JAPAN EVACUATES 100,000 AS FLOODS SWAMP CITY OF JOSO
Raging floodwaters swamp parts of city north of tokyo after heavy rain pummels japan for second straight day causing kinugawa river to break through flood berm... READ MORE›
FIVE YEARS AFTER DEVASTATING TSUNAMI, JAPAN PAUSES TO REMEMBER
Flags flew at half-mast. The coverage in the Japanese media has been tear-jerking... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKES: THOUSANDS OF TROOPS POUR IN TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS
Minor eruptions took place at Sakurajima in Kagoshima prefecture and Asosan in Kumamoto prefecture over the weekend... READ MORE›
IPHONE APP AIMS TO SELL SAKE TO THE WORLD
An iPhone app that can recognize sake labels and display information in Japanese and English on everything from alcohol content to recommended ways of drin... READ MORE›
CAT TRANSLATION APP HILARIOUSLY BACKFIRES ON OWNER
Cats don't like being spoken to in human but the moment you want to try and communicate on common ground you're just patronising... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S RADIATION DECONTAMINATION BUDGET TO HIT RECORD A?522.3 BILLION
The government also plans to book some ?78.3 billion for decontamination costs in a fiscal 2015 supplementary budget proposal... READ MORE›
JAPAN FINALIZES ALL 10 VENUES FOR G-7 MINISTERIAL MEETINGS IN 2016
Last month the government announced that the G-7 foreign ministers gathering would be held in Hiroshima and the finance ministers meeting in Sendai... READ MORE›
144 LOCAL PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENTS RELEASE STATEMENTS CONDEMNING SECURITY BILLS
Local governments saying no include Iwate Prefecture and some major cities including Asahikawa in Hokkaido and Yamagata... READ MORE›
BROTHERS CHARGED WITH THROWING 300 EGGS AT CARS ON EXPRESSWAY IN KANAGAWA
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, the brothers threw raw eggs at moving cars from a bridge some 10 meters above the Tomei Expressway on Sept... READ MORE›
JULY SAW RECORD 24,500 PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS FOR HEAT-RELATED PROBLEMS
Aichi saw eight people declared dead upon arrival, the most for any prefecture, followed by Iwate and Saga at three... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 14 DEAD IN SKI TOUR BUS ACCIDENT IN JAPAN
The group was en route from Shinjuku in Tokyo to a ski resort in Nagano prefecture... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: KUMAMOTO AIRPORT SHUT DOWN, FLIGHTS CANCELLED AS RAIN HAMPERS RESCUE EFFORTS
A part of the Oita Expressway in the city of Yufu also suffered damage while several other roads and railway lines were severely damaged... READ MORE›