The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan released a wildlife alert on Nov. 12, warning Americans visiting northern Japan to ...

The United States has issued a warning to travelers regarding a slew of recent bear attacks in Northern Japan.

Japan is in the midst of a wave of deadly bear attacks with seven people killed and 88 others mauled in the deadliest month ...

Attacks have also taken place in central Japan. Last month, a bear entered a supermarket in Numata city and attacked shoppers ...

Bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts of Japan, especially in municipalities close to or adjacent to populated zones,” the U.S. Embassy said in a wildlife alert.

The world's top wildlife trade body voted Thursday to effectively ban all international trade in the critically endangered ...

The world's top wildlife trade body rejected new protections for eels on Thursday in a secret ballot at talks in Uzbekistan. The proposal had been fiercely opposed by top eel consumers, particularly ...

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...

Tokyo, Japan, 12 October 2010 - TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has released a report analysing the status of Japan’s trade in wild animal and plant species entitled The State of ...