Hermit crabs are classified as “national natural monuments” in Japan and protected under Japanese law. It’s unknown why the ...

near Okinawa. Video above: RETRO FIND: Some people will bet on anything, including racing hermit crabs Police said a hotel worker in Amami, a city on the island of Amami Oshima, alerted ...

Officers later arrived at the hotel and found the spiral-shelled hermit crabs stuffed into six suitcases ... off southwestern Kyushu and just north of Okinawa, is a popular tourist destination ...