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.

Wasabi, green tea and sake aren’t just foods in Japan, they’re also a few of the many versions of Kit Kats offered in the country. While the wafer-and-chocolate snacks have been available in more than ...

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 genre is a world apart from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...