Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

The Japanese water yokai, kappa. Kappa translates to "river child," but there are more than 100 variations of the name, and while described as childlike in appearance, their behavior certainly is not.

In Japan, yokai are characterized by the spirit of invention. “Anything can be made into a yokai, even things that we don’t know exist yet,” said Kazuhiko Komatsu, professor emeritus of ...

Fukusaki (福崎町) is a town located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the father of Japanese folklore studies, was born in this town of ...

Japan could be said to be a country of yokai (ghosts).Often called goblins in English, yokai are much more varied than that poor translation suggests. These folklore beasties, like European fairies, ...

Yokai Parade in Kuala Lumpur is organised by the Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur, supported by MIA and Embassy of Japan. The exhibition will visit the Sabah Art Gallery in Kota Kinabalu from Dec 15 ...