In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko ...

Officials in a Japanese city have a warning for residents: Don’t touch the cat covered in toxic chemicals. The unfortunate feline is missing after apparently falling into a tank of liquid ...

Japan is famous for its cat islands, with close to a dozen small landmasses earning the moniker due to their large stray cat populations. However, one of the most famous, Aoshima, located a 30-minute ...

More than 100 cats have been found dead in and around a house in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto. A woman who lives in the house was working for a volunteer group to protect cats.

The Unrinji Temple in west Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture, is a temple dedicated to cats and also has more than 600 statues. Thirty minutes away from Hagi’s city centre, the name means ...

While the documentary was not screened in a cat café, it went on to feature in 13 Japanese cities. “We were thrilled when it went to the cinemas, where you could really experience people’s ...

Considering the cramped living conditions in Japanese cities, and the costs involved in bringing up children, this is hardly surprising. And the average expense of keeping a cat is around half the ...