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 ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. This article is more than 5 years old. MUJI’s cricket crackers (55g $1.83 /Y190) ...

With 1,025 unique Pokémon, plenty of design inspiration came straight from nature. Many fans believe the Japanese bee fly inspired the design of the Pokémon Cutiefly. The Japanese bee fly has a fuzzy, ...

TOKYO: Research has shed light on a previously little-known insect-eating tradition in parts of the Tohoku region in Japan’s northeast, where dragonflies have been consumed as both delicacies and for ...

Japanese scientists have shed light on the evolutionary biology and distribution of Stenopsyche caddisflies, also known as sedge flies, a common insect in Japanese rivers, and a local delicacy. The ...

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 ...

Adam Bolton is a contributor for CNET based in Japan. He is, among things, a volunteer, a gamer, a technophile and a beard grower. He can be found haunting many of Tokyo's hotspots and cafes.