Owl is "fukuro" in Japanese. Where did this word originate? There appear to be several theories. One is that its feathers are "puffed out," or "fukureta" in Japanese. Another is that it had to do ...

the Japanese than their gentleness and kindness to children and animals. It is in consequence of this that not only the domesticated, but the so-called wild, animals and birds of this country are ...

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Most of the avian flu cases confirmed so far have occurred in western Japan. But the avian flu virus was found earlier in the feces of wild birds in Hokkaido, and experts said all prefectures are ...