From behind a fenced area at White Cloud, a group of deer turn their attention to the viewer. They look with their black eyes almost in unison in a calm demeanor as they greet whomever visits them.

In a nation as culturally rich as Japan, it can be hard to know how to spend your time there. Here are ten of our favorite ...

An expert panel of Japan's Environment Ministry is drafting new guidelines for prefectures that will include measures to reduce the damage caused by wild deer in forests and mountainous areas. The ...

(AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth straight year to a record ...

The sacred deer of Nara Park, Japan, are facing a serious threat due to plastic waste left behind by tourists. The park’s 1,300 sacred sika deer, revered for centuries, are creasingly suffering ...

Fed-up Japanese locals have revealed their pet peeves when it comes to the behaviour of travellers as a tourism tsunami challenges the nation. From geisha being harassed to arguments in the ...

Macaque monkeys in two separate Japanese prefectures have taken the primatology world by storm after they were spotted attempting to mate with Sika deer. The phenomenon, originally observed in a ...

As Japan sees record-breaking numbers of foreign visitors, regional cities — in addition to major tourist destinations — are grappling with an unexpected surge in travelers. Social media has ...

Sex between a snow monkey and sika deer in Japan could reveal new information about bestiality in humans. Credit: Alexandre Bonnefoy There's a snow monkey in Japan who has got a taste for ...

It is larger than the Japanese deer found in Honshu and southward ... Features: A specialty restaurant in Sapporo offering authentic Hokkaido sika deer cuisine. Dishes with rare cuts such as “Sika ...

A man didn't say why he used the driver's seat belt to strap in a deer carcass and lead three police agencies on "a snow-covered road pursuit" spanning Mason and Jackson counties. A motorist led a ...

With its alert eyes, well-toned legs, hips and spry movement, the deer that arrived last week ... perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.