What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition ...

NEW YORK -- As Los Angeles Dodgers fans thronged to the World Series victory parade in Los Angeles on Friday, many had their ...

Donald is reading about the tanuki, also known as the Japanese raccoon dog, a type of mischievous creature said to bring good luck. Mickey is interested in the music and Minnie is stoked to sing the ...

It's the stuff of nightmares—or at least a made-for-Hulu horror movie. Every night, dozens of raccoons would descend upon a residential home near Poulsbo, Washington, scraping their tiny claws ...

A raccoon on Friday got into a big-box store in Montgomery County, Maryland, apparently without being invited, prompting a temporary evacuation, according to a store spokesman. No injuries were ...

By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded Yankees cap on Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he owns in Edgewater, N.J. It was two days before Game 1 of a World ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (DC News Now) — Officials said that a Gaithersburg Sam’s Club had to remove a raccoon from its store early Friday morning. Gaithersburg Animal Services responded to the Sam’s Club at ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A dog and cat were exposed to a rabid raccoon in one Charleston County neighborhood. The South Carolina Department of Public Health said the raccoon was found ...

The pig learns from the tanuki how to transform itself and tries to turn into a tanuki, but his face remains that of a pig. He is thus given the name Butanuki, a portmanteau of "buta" (pig) and tanuki ...