Cats
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Japan’s ‘cat island’ falls victim to demographic crisis
Famous for felines that outnumber its humans, Aoshima is also emblematic of a deeper trend afflicting the coun…
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As Hello Kitty turns 50 her cuteness is still earning £3.1bn a year
Japanese character said to be second-highest grossing media franchise after Pokémon is also a TikTok superstar…
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A cat: ‘They smoked pipes, played dice’ | Helen Sullivan
In more than one image from 1900s Japan, they look hungoverGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWe had g…
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The man who saves cats in Fukushima’s nuclear zone – in pictures
Sakae Kato stayed behind a decade ago to rescue abandoned cats whose owners fled radiation clouds from the Fuk…
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Claws out on Japan’s ‘cat island’ as foul play feared in spate of deaths
Umashima has more cats than people but numbers have fallen by two-thirds, with pieces of poisoned fish suspect…