In Japanese culture, the paper crane is known as "orizuru" and is considered ... and deep symbolism. These migratory birds ...

In the wetlands of northern Japan, where the mist lingers ... In their ceremonial Sarorun rimse (Crane Dance), the Ainu replicate the bird’s graceful movements, honoring the divine forces ...

Of course, this character of symbolic grace and modesty goes far to recommend the bird to so artistic a people as the Japanese ... and finding a place with the crane and the lotus as a religious ...

A zero-g indicator in the form of an origami crane. Minutes after ... specialist Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) held out the bird to float, while commander Anne ...

Other countries have seen mass crane die-offs caused by bird flu, from Israel to Japan to Hungary, where an at least 10,000 and possibly 20,000 Eurasian cranes died in winter 2023.