If you have never seen a Kai Ken in person, you are not alone. Often called the “Japanese tiger dog,” this rare breed is ...

Japan’s lost ‘tigers’ were actually a different big cat species, study reveals - Cave lions lived in Japan long after they went extinct elsewhere, study reveals ...

Fossils uncovered in Japan, thought to be from the archipelago’s lost tiger population, have now been revealed to be of an ancient species of lion. While there are no native lion or tiger populations ...