Tourists have flocked to a zoo in central Japan to catch a glimpse of baby capybaras and their families enjoying a hot bath.

Animals at a zoo in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, have been given heaters and baths as early winter temperatures decline. The Suzaka Zoo prepared a hot bath on Wednesday for its two capybaras ...

A four-decade quest to bring the quagga back is being heralded as a success, but not everyone is impressed ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

The Independent, largely covering Asia with a focus on human rights, gender, politics and minorities. She has previously worked as the India correspondent with Sputnik News and as a multimedia ...

A lion escapes from its zoo enclosure and charges into a net-wielding member of ... Download today As visitors at the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, Japan hurried away, the would-be lion ...

As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the leading and cherished film industries, especially having earned more Academy Awards than any other nation in Asia. While it is ...

Japanese knotweed is a fast-growing and strong clump-forming perennial, with tall, dense annual stems. Stem growth is renewed each year from the stout, deeply-penetrating Rhizomes are creeping swollen ...

Citizens of Sapporo have enjoyed visiting this zoo since its opening in 1951. With 900 animals of 170 species, it brings the natural world close to you. New facilities are still being added. *Closes ...

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