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Castella is only 1? years old and has long, fluffy red and white fur.
COMMUNITY
Oct 18, 2026
Castella searching for a home, sweet home
This charming fellow is Castella, one of three youngsters who came to ARK in August along with their mother when their owner moved to no-pet housing.
Kaori Kusakari lives with her cat, Purin, at Sakura no Sato Yamashina nursing care home in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2026
Older people find ways to keep living with pets
A nursing home in Kanagawa Prefecture is welcoming pets to stay in its facility along with their owners.
After some initial shyness following her arrival at ARK, Crepe is becoming more adventurous and has started to explore her environs. She's now ready for her next home.
COMMUNITY / ADOPT ME!
Oct 4, 2026
For delicate Crepe, it’s a brave new world
After some initial shyness after arriving at ARK, Crepe is becoming more adventurous and has started to explore her environs.
Born around 2018, Kashiwa has a great appetite and she’s not picky about food.
COMMUNITY / ADOPT ME!
Sep 20, 2026
Kashiwamochi is sweet and shy and looking for a new home
Kashiwamochi seems to be quite a timid girl but she is inquisitive and photogenic — and there’s a beautiful soul in her.
Nova, who was only a few weeks old when she arrived at ARK, has no enemies and has a fierce confidence that she will be loved.
COMMUNITY / ADOPT ME!
Aug 31, 2026
This cat is a supernova
Nova, who was feeble and only a few weeks old when she arrived at ARK, has thrived since her recovery and has a confidence in people that makes her a delight to be around.
A cat exhibiting the “Flehmen response,” in which it opens its mouth slightly to take in scents.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2026
Cats likely identify one another using fatty acids in urine, research shows
The team’s findings were published in the online edition of U.S. scientific journal Current Biology on Wednesday.
Cats recover in Hiroshima on Wednesday after their rescue from a cat cafe at an Aeon Mall in the town of Kashima in Kumamoto Prefecture, following a major earthquake that hit the area the previous day and an explosion that damaged much of the mall.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 31, 2026
Twenty-five cats rescued from Japan mall damaged by earthquake and explosion
Momo, Kohaku, Tango, Shandy and the others were on the ground floor of Aeon Mall in Kumamoto Prefecture when the deadly 7.1 magnitude quake hit on Tuesday.
Tujiko Noriko’s album “PON” is dedicated to Ponpon, her late cat, and includes field recordings of her family life in France.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 3, 2026
Tujiko Noriko’s new album is a feline tour de force
On tour in Japan this month, the France-based artist talks about channeling her “crazy cat woman” energy into musical creation and finding harmony in dissonance.
A cat rubs its body against silver vine. Researchers have found that cats typically prefer silver vine over catnip.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2026
Japanese researchers find cats prefer silvervine over catnip
The team observed how cats would react to both silvervine and catnip when they were left to roam around freely.
Toru Miyazaki, president and director of the Institute for AIM Medicine, talks about a drug to treat kidney diseases in cats at his lab in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 9, 2026
Cat renal disease drug nearing practical use in Japan
Many cat owners are waiting in anticipation for the drug to be put into practical use.
The Institute for AIM Medicine filed for approval a treatment for chronic kidney disease in cats with the agriculture ministry.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 27, 2026
Japan startup seeks approval of cat kidney disease treatment
A trial showed the drug significantly extended the life of afflicted cats.
An Iwate University team said it has confirmed that cats' appetites wane once they get used to the smell of their food.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2026
Japan team discovers why cats leave meals unfinished
The introduction of the scent of a different type of food brought back cats’ appetites, even though the cats were eating the same food throughout the experiment.
Passersby walk past a billboard atop a building featuring a giant 3D cat in 4K resolution in Tokyo's Shinjuku district.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 25, 2026
Hello, little kitty — 91AV原创 $20 billion cat boom
In recent years, Cat Day has exploded, as companies embrace a growing market for felines.
In pet-loving Japan, the ways owners say goodbye to their dearly departed animals can mirror the ways they bid farewell to other humans.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 29, 2025
In Japan, beloved pets receive human-style farewells
Japan has the highest rate of cremation in the world, and increasingly, that applies to departed pets as well.
A dog looks through the bars of a cage at the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control as the shelter struggles with overcrowding caused by pets abandoned during recent immigration raids, in Downey, California, on July 29.
WORLD / Society
Aug 6, 2025
Trump’s immigration raids in LA affecting pets too
Dogs and cats are finding themselves in Los Angeles County’s care centers after their owners get detained or deported.
The Kumamoto Municipal Government building in the city of Kumamoto
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2025
Around 100 dead cats found at woman’s home in Japan
City officials and animal rights volunteers inspected the house twice, before launching a full search and rescue mission.
A tricolored calico cat (left) and a tortoiseshell cat. A Japanese research team has discovered a gene that determines the fur color patterns of the two breeds of cats.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 16, 2025
Japan team finds gene that determines calico cats’ color patterns
Researchers led by Kyushu University professor Hiroyuki Sasaki found that the coloring was decided by the ARHGAP36 gene on the X chromosome.
Researchers from Anicom Specialty Medical Institute, the National Institute of Genetics and Kazusa DNA Research Institute decoded the genome of American Shorthair cats and published the results in an article last October.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 18, 2025
Japanese researchers set Guinness record for cat genome
Researchers decoded the genome of American shorthair cats and published the results.
Cat-related sweets sold by 7-Eleven in Tokyo. Employees of 7-Eleven have helped develop 23 types of cat-related products this year, compared with just five last year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 21, 2025
91AV原创 Cat Day sees companies capitalize on ‘a-meow-zing’ economic boon
This year, products and services related to cats are estimated to generate ?414.50 billion more than last year.
“Mornings Without Mii,” Mayumi Inaba’s 1999 memoir, charts the course of the author’s 20-year relationship with her calico cat, Mii.
CULTURE / Books
Feb 16, 2025
‘Mornings Without Mii’: A cozy cat memoir that gets down in the muck
Mayumi Inaba’s 1999 memoir charts the course of the author’s 20-year relationship with her calico cat, Mii.

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