In 2017, a single male macaque was observed trying to mate with a female deer in Yakushima, Japan—now other monkeys are doing it Japanese monkey interacting with deer on a road.

Tourists flock to see the macaques bathe in natural hot springs ... Visitors sometimes violate park rules by touching or feeding the monkeys. While tourism has boosted park finances, it has ...

Considered messengers of the gods, the macaques are now made to wear costumes, do backflips, and walk on stilts to please crowds. Trainers with the Sen-zu No Sarumawashi performance group in ...

YAMANOUCHI, Nagano Prefecture—Visitors to the popular monkey park here have been delighted by the sight of wild Japanese macaques soaking in hot springs to escape the winter chill. Approximately ...

OITA--A baby monkey named in honor of Shohei Ohtani ... Zoological Garden in Oita welcomed a baby “Nihonzaru” (Japanese macaque) on April 21, the first to be born this year.

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 217-230 (14 pages) Human—wildlife interfaces are often sites of friction and conflict in the form of crop and livestock depredations that ...