Located near the center of Japan's main island, Nagano was once a road hub, linking east and west. 00:41 80 percent of the prefecture is mountainous, home to lush forests and abundant water.

Japan justifies hunting whales by claiming that they aren't endangered, and that eating whale is part of Japanese culture. They also claim that they are killing whales in the name of science ...

says hunting is a necessity in Japan's countryside. He says crop damage in the 2021 fiscal year cost farmers about 15.5 billion yen or roughly 120 million dollars, and wild deer were the biggest ...

NARA—The wild deer of Nara have long been protected here as divine messengers, but the prefectural government plans to expand the areas in which they can be exterminated. At a meeting on March ...

That’s a record 99.9 percent drop from April 2019, according to the Japan Tourism Agency. Takaki immediately noticed that the "black beans" had returned. “Starting from around March ...

Police have begun patrolling Nara Park to safeguard its sacred deer population after a video of a tourist kicking and slapping one of the animals went viral, sparking outrage in Japan and drawing ...

The 15-second video shows the deer tearing off Sakura blooms with its teeth and eating the petals at Nara Park in Japan. While many people acknowledged the beauty showcased in the video ...