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 ...

Japanese monkey in snowy landscape, sitting on rocks. Image credits: Vishrut Bajpai/Pexel (Not the actual photo) One of these monkeys apparently wanted to be more than just friends, though.

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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Japanese monkeys, living in Jigoku-dani in the Nagano Prefecture, are known for enjoying the warm pools in the area in winter time. Sony Action Cam captured these ...

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

The Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate City has prepared a hot spring exclusively for 40 Japanese macaques ... Hokkaido originally had no wild monkeys, with the animals' natural habitat ...

The food was placed by an employee in the shape of katakana characters for “saru,” the Japanese for “monkey,” thereby forming fluffy “monkey letters.” The population of snow monkeys ...

Enchanting adaptation of two Haruki Murakami stories in a collaboration between Vanishing Point and Kanagawa Arts Theatre ...

Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower ...