Japan does not have an official national animal, but the green pheasant (Phasianus versicolour) is widely recognised as the ...

Say hello to the Shima Enaga, a subspecies of the long-tailed tit found in Japan. With its fluffy white coat and beady black ...

"Nobody wanted to hire Japanese," she said. So they turned to the skill they had learned in camp, and made and sold bird pins for the next 40 years. Over time, they became the craft's most famous ...