A pet shop in Tokyo has been ordered to close for one month for not maintaining a clean and safe environment for animals. It is the first time for such an order to be issued by the Tokyo metropolitan ...

A pony that ran away from a pet shop in downtown Tokyo enjoyed a brief taste of freedom -- and some grass -- before being gently coaxed back. The male miniature with the decidedly female name of ...

Tokyo pet shop owner Kazuo Sakusabe. The government plans a study on dogs and cats bred as pets nationwide to provide a scientific basis to the widely known theory that separating dogs and cats from ...