FUKUCHI, Fukuoka Prefecture—On a morning when the thermometer registered a chilly 6 degrees, wild boar hunter Yasohachi Hirano's breath made a misty cloud in the air. Stepping gingerly from ...

A tiger and a wild boar were stranded together in a well after ... is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population ...

The groups also called for action on eight other issues, including bolstered regulations covering animal performances, ending ...

Japan's cabinet approved a bill Friday allowing ... Currently, shooting animals such as bears or wild boar in residential areas is forbidden. Even when bears hole themselves up in populated ...

The hunting season opened in mid-November, and wild boar dishes are now being ... the city receives boar meat from around western Japan. Maekawa, a Japanese cuisine restaurant in the center ...

Japan's cabinet approved a bill Friday allowing hunters to ... Currently, shooting animals such as bears or wild boar in residential areas is forbidden. Even when bears hole themselves up in populated ...

I’m not watching the news,” people say. “I can’t stand it. If I have to hear about” — say, for example — “the radioactive wild boars of Fukushima one more time, I’ll take the bridge!” Then, all at ...

In the Japanese zodiac, 2019 is the year of the boar. In the Chinese zodiac ... The purpose was to reduce the financial burden of Japan’s solar program. PV projects will receive a reduced ...