The sacred deer of Japan's Nara Park are facing a growing threat—not from predators, but from plastic waste left behind by ...

A viral video has been making the rounds since July showing a man aggressively kicking a sacred deer in Japan. It's sparked public outrage and reports to the police. The video (seen below ...

Caption In Nara City, Japan, the sacred Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon), protected for over a millennium, has recently seen a population surge around Nara Park.Genetic analysis reveals mixing ...

One of the more unique experiences you might have while traveling in Japan is visiting a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine where sacred deer roam freely. In Hiroshima Prefecture, Itsukushima Shrine ...

NARA—The wild deer of Nara have long been protected here as divine messengers, but the prefectural government plans to expand the areas in which they can be exterminated. At a meeting on March ...

Considered sacred, the deer are not only protected ... Before committing to filming, our Japanese fixer Mai had visited Nara to research these mismatched fights and determine our chances of ...

Nara (Japan) (AFP) – As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste ...

As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the ...

People say it carries the voice of the deities, which seemed appropriate as we were on the Kumano Kodo, Japan’s ancient ... The Kumano Kodo, a sacred route for over 1,000 years, is an antidote ...