Rapid social and demographic change has reshaped how people live and connect in cities. In Tokyo, where urban density meets ...
Attacks have also taken place in central Japan. Last month, a bear entered a supermarket in Numata city and attacked shoppers ...
In Tokyo, Levi Pells, 32, was managing a small team and earning more than he ever imagined. He noticed his happiness depended ...
Regulations for foreign nationals in Japan became a major topic of debate in this year’s election. The new government is ...
Death by bear is far more likely in Japan than in North America, if the data are boldly interpreted and a few assumptions made, and this has probably been the case for more than a century. The ...
When in the woods people are advised to make noise, to attach bells to bags, and not to hike alone -- especially at dusk and dawn.
Japan’s Defense Ministry is sending troops to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that ...
From a combination of knowing naiveté and powerfully projected fragility, Yoko Ono gave birth to a strange new species of artistic success. Her achievement had more to do with forms of reciprocity ...
A snug bed behind wooden doors sounds odd today, but for centuries it was smart engineering. Enclosed “box beds” trapped ...
As a lifelong fan of great cinematic epics, it's especially frustrating that movies like Immortals and World War Z failed to ...
Lions, tigers and bears that managed to survive in substandard conditions at a now-shuttered zoo on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, paced weakly in their claustrophobic cages on Thursday, ...