A new paper by Hinako Komori and two academics says a specimen she found could be one of two Japanese wolves kept at Ueno Zoo in the late 19th century.
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 remains elusive despite a string of “sightings.”
It hooks you. The Meguro Parasitological Museum in Tokyo is drawing in visitors, particularly tourists, although the institution remains little-known to the Japanese public.