Visiting a cat cafe in Japan is a bucket list item for many tourists, but the animal cruelty that goes on behind closed doors ...

Richard A. Brooks/AFP/AFP Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the ...

Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752–1815, Sode no maki (Handscroll for the Sleeve) (detail), c. 1785. Color woodblock printed handscroll. (Courtesy of Ebi Collection, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan ...

Aya Mermaid is known for her dazzling costumes, smouldering looks and moves. But as she prepares her burlesque routine in Tokyo's red light district, Kabukicho, there's one thing missing; an audience.

WWF Japan has launched a Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) campaign aiming to discourage consumers from keeping high-risk exotic pets on the back of a consumer survey conducted last year to understand ...

The study also highlights the potential for the exotic pet trade to facilitate the transmission of zoonotic diseases. Mammalian seizures included primates and bats whose import is prohibited by the ...

3 March 2021 – Japan: Owning and interacting with exotic pets is increasingly popular in Japan, in spite of the risks involved, so research has been conducted to better understand the reasons behind ...

TOKYO – Exotic dancer Aya Yumiko has been living off her savings since March waiting for the bars and clubs in Tokyo where she performs in burlesque shows to reopen. But a decision by Prime Minister ...