The method of rearing several laying hens together ... in which they are unable to move. Many animal rights activists argue that farmers in Japan should enable the hens they raise to move about ...

How do animals raise their young? Some don't care for their offspring at all, and some families all pitch in.

Rearing lions in a pride also requires ... “Unless we start breeding them ourselves, animals will disappear from Japanese zoos.” About the same time, leisure and recreation activities began ...

The Animal Welfare Japan (AWJ) was created in 1956 to raise public awareness and funding to ensure pioneering animal welfare activities in Japan were continued and improved. Reputable animal ...

Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. Japan's science ministry last week gave ...

The Japanese government plans to revise the law to allow municipalities to authorize "emergency shootings" by hunters when animals enter populated areas, a source close to the matter said, amid a rise ...