The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug. The bug has been a key part of ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Animal donuts! Japan has animal donuts, and holy mackerel, they look adorable. Delicious, too. In Japanese, they're called "doubutsu doonatsu ...

Although the Japanese river otter is not in paintings, the 1824 book ' Buko Sanbutsu Shi' (List of Animals and Plants Found in and Near Edo) says that the now-extinct animal was living at the ...

From Oolong the Pancake Bunny in the ’90s to the more recent Maru, Hatch-Chan and Shiro, animal blogs run by pet owners have grown into a staple genre of Japanese blogging culture.” ...

In an exhaustive survey of Japan’s animal cafes published earlier this year in the journal Conservation Science and Practice, researchers found 3,793 individual animals belonging to 419 ...