For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

13-year-old Hinako Komori has brought a long-forgotten Japanese wolf specimen back into the spotlight. While touring Japan’s ...

OMACHI, Nagano Prefecture--The Japanese wolf, a species thought to have gone extinct more than a century ago, may still roam the rugged mountain terrain of central Japan--but finding solid proof ...

The Japanese wolf, last seen in 1905, was a cross between a giant variant and an unknown variant, scientists said in a theory that differs from two existing hypotheses on the mysterious creature.