Your recent editorial, “Primate research faces extinction,” makes two points: that the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata, may be an endangered species, and that its use for research purposes by ...

A banner welcomed us to the “Snow Monkey Town,” and signs in the station showed red-faced Japanese macaques soaking up to their necks in hot-spring water. The monkeys closed their eyes and ...

The newborn male macaque was named “Dekopin,” after Ohtani’s dog. To help people become familiar ... breaking the record for the most home runs by a Japanese player in the major leagues ...