A bird flu virus that had infected pet chickens in southern Japan has been confirmed as the same deadly strain that has ravaged other parts of Asia, a researcher at a government research center said ...

Japan Bird Flu Outbreak: The disease has been found in at least 23 of Japan’s 47 prefectures this season. Japan culled almost 10 million birds in a record outbreak of avian influenza which has already ...

Up to 77 people in Japan may have been infected with a mild form of bird flu, in what could be the world's first case of human infection of the H5N2 virus, health officials said Tuesday. The possible ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A bird flu outbreak in Japan worsened on Thursday with farms in two more prefectures slaughtering chicken in a record cull of poultry as the government ordered the disinfection of ...

Where it lives: Steppes and meadows in Asia, notably China, India, Japan, Korea and Russia. It's also found in Africa and parts of Europe. Some populations are migratory. What it eats: Seeds of ...

Every day for the past 14 years, 72-year-old Masaoki Tsuchiya has set out before sunrise to search for a bird rescued from extinction in Japan. Every day for the past 14 years, 72-year-old Masaoki ...

TOKYO/MANILA (REUTERS) - A virulent strain of airborne bird flu extended its shadow across north-east Asia as Japan launched a new chicken cull on a southern island, days after gassing hundreds of ...

“A murder!” Ryouji Shimada exclaims. We’re in Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward on a chilly Sunday morning. I rush over, binoculars swinging around my neck, my ill-chosen heavy leather shoes ...

Bird flu: The number of outbreaks has reached 57, outpacing the 2020 season's record 52 and the number of prefectures affected rose to 23 from 2020's 18, which was ...