wildlife

Just beyond Hiroshima City is a tranquil outdoor destination home to some of Japan's last remaining oosanshouo, the elusive giant salamander.

The elusive Okinawa dugong was once a symbol of the ocean. But after years of hunting, pollution and land expansion, the species have gone into hiding. Today a dangerously low number remains in the area.

The lush island of Yakushima boasts the nation’s highest annual rainfall, Kyushu's tallest mountain and is said to be inhabited b...

When most people think of Japan, they think of reliable cars and electronics, or perhaps karaoke or manga, recently maybe even wh...

There I was in furious winds, hard-driving horizontal rain, looking up at the next section of the hike and wondering what the hel...