Japan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Taiji. The hunt sees the animals driven into a cove where most are slaughtered for their meat with knives in shallow ...

A recent issue of the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science contains the findings of a clinical veterinary and behavioral analysis of the killing methods being ...

Taiji Sawada was the bassist of one of Japan's most important heavy metal bands, X Japan. Active within the band from 1985-1992, Taiji suffered from various medical ailments in the late 2000s.

Harada, who kept painting nostalgic and heartwarming archetypical images of Japan throughout his painting ... titled “Harada Taiji no sekai” (Taiji Harada’s world), which were published ...