Unusual 40-year-old tradition sees monk chant and employees pray for dead cockroaches, mites and fleas; critics find ceremony ...

"These days, people aren't too familiar with eating insects, so with this restaurant we wanted to create a place where they could eat them freely and in a casual way." "In Japan, there's a tradition ...

Let’s say you’re planning on visiting Japan in the near future… Let us give you this small piece of advice: Hide your kids. Hide your husband. Hide your wife. Hide them all, because the critters are ...

TOKYO — Insects don’t bug everybody — not even as food. In fact, they are becoming increasingly popular among Japan’s more adventurous eaters. Insects are not new to the Japanese palate: Japan has ...

On a recent vacation in Tokyo, Takumi Yamamoto opted for a special lunch of cricket curry and silkworm sashimi, washed down with a water bug cider. The 26-year-old office worker, from the western ...

The eastern hemlock, a tall, long-lived coniferous tree that shelters river and stream-side ecosystems throughout the eastern United States and Canada, is in serious danger of extinction because a ...

The renowned French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823–1915) holds a special place in the hearts of generations of insect-loving Japanese. The translation of his 10-volume Souvenirs entomologiques ...

If “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo” sounds like some retro Japanese creature feature, guess again. This is, in fact, a gentle docu-tribute to Japan’s age-old connection to the insect world, a meditative ...