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Japanese scientists developing cute, autonomously swarming robo dogs for anti-bear patrols [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2026 - Tweet
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Hacchan is a mecha version of an Akita Inu hunting dog.
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There are goats spending every day in downtown Tokyo, but why? [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Oct 20, 2026
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We’re used to seeing salarymen in this part of Tokyo, and now there are salary goats too.
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Man in Japan says monkey threw his cat into a pond before attacking him
- Casey Baseel
Oct 15, 2026
Yamaguchi primate decides to pick fights with two other species.
Town in Kanagawa struggling with violent gang of monkeys
- Master Blaster
Oct 13, 2026
Problematic monkeys appear to be moving into abandoned homes.
Osaka man arrested for running little pet shop of horrors with dangerous crocodile
- Master Blaster
Oct 6, 2026
Your one-stop shop for abused deadly animals.
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- (animal welfare • animals • business • crime • Osaka • pet shop • pet store • saltwater crocodile • snapping turtles)
Official Metal Gear car boxes are coming to provide stealthy style for your pets
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2026
”Cat? Cat?!? Caaaaaaaaaaat!”
- Japan
- (animals • cats • crazy.funny • cute • Konami • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • pets • video games • weird)
Gang of angry monkeys surrounds and attacks Japanese man in hot spring town
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2026
Morning walk interrupted by notorious Troop T1.
Fox spotted in Tokyo’s 23 wards, Japanese Internet wonders if it’s a shapeshifting spirit [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2026
Foxes rarely venture this close to the Tokyo city center…unless kitsune spirits are here all the time.
Bear spotted near most popular hiking trail on Tokyo’s most popular hiking mountain
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2026
Officials calling for caution as Mt. Takao enters peak hiking season.
- Japan
- (animals • bears • COK • hiking • Japan travel • Mountains • Mt. Takao • nature • outdoors • tourism • travel)
Dog-friendly Wanwan Liner bus to begin operations between Tokyo and Osaka this fall
- Krista Rogers
Aug 19, 2026
This upcoming doggy express offers a new option for long-distance travel in comfort with your Best Friend.
- Japan
- (animals • BIG Bus • bus • buses • COK • dog • highway buses • Japan travel • Osaka • pet friendly • pets • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Wanwan Liner)
Japan’s Rabbit Island in danger of becoming Boar Island, tourists asked to follow feeding rules
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2026
One of the cutest places in Japan needs visitors’ help keeping rabbit food, and rabbits themselves, from becoming boar food.
- Japan
- (animals • boars • COK • cute • Ehime Prefecture • environment • nature • Okunoshima • Rabbit Island • rabbits • tourism.Japan travel • travel • wild boars)
If you love Pokémon and cats, you’ll love Japan’s cat Pokémon cat toys and feeding dishes[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2026
Some Pokémon fun to share with your real-world Meowth, Litten, or Sprigatito.
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- (animals • anime • cats • cute • manga • pet supplies • pets • Pokemon • video games)
A donut and sugar-loving bear in Japan is breaking into homes, checking fridges for sweet snacks
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026
Iwate town sets traps to try to catch the bear with a sweet tooth, with some even being installed inside people’s houses.
Krispy Kreme Japan adds two cute limited-edition doughnuts to its summer menu
- Oona McGee
Jul 4, 2026
Stay cool with penguins and drift ice, complete with popping candy crystals.
- Japan
- (animals • cute • donuts • doughnuts • drift ice • food • Hokkaido • Kawaii • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • penguins • summer • sweets)
Japan’s new pettably fuzzy cat-shaped earbud chargers meow to let you know their status[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2026
Neko also has a three-minute purr mode for relaxing to.
Family Mart Japan installs red-eyed “Monster Wolf” to keep bears away from convenience store
- Oona McGee
Jun 25, 2026
The giant wolf emits loud warning sounds and shouts out phrases like, “What are you looking at? Do you really think you can beat me?”
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- (animals • bear attacks • bears • convenience store • convenience stores • countryside • countryside life • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese countryside • Monster Wolf • news • Rural Japan • rural life)
Japanese university welcomes birth of baby deer on campus, president waives entrance exam[Videos]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2026
Educator in Nara’s most famous deer town fast tracks admission to institute of higher learning.
Japan now has “edible cat fur” for people who really love felines
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2026
When you like a cat so much you want to eat its fur.
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- (animals • cat fur • cat hair • cats • crazy • Delicious Cat Fur • edible cat fur • Fur • necoichi • pet owners • pets • weird)
Bears appear at one of Kyoto Prefecture’s most popular tourist spots[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2026
People have been traveling to Amanohashidate for centuries, and this week apparently bears are too.
- Japan
- (Amanohashidate • animals • bear attacks • bears • Japan travel • Kyoto Prefecture • tourism • travel • video)
Fukushima City on edge as resourceful and violent bear still not found
- Master Blaster
Jun 8, 2026
Cunning bear managed to escape stand-off with police and hunters.
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