In the mountainous regions of Japan, winters can be harsh. While the monkeys are lounging in a calm pool of water, they're often subjected to intense snowfall and freezing temperatures.

TOKYO — Authorities in a southern Japanese city feared a band of marauding monkeys might still be on the loose Wednesday, even as they detained and killed a primate perpetrator suspected in a ...

As Japan’s macaque population grows, clashes with humans are becoming more frequent. More than 50 people were injured by recent monkey attacks in one western city. By Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives ...

Monkeys are on the rampage in a southwestern Japanese city, attacking at least 58 people in just three weeks. People in Yamaguchi city have been terrorised by the violent primates, with reports ...

Here’s how it works. A marauding monkey that’s been harassing people in Japan was recently tracked down and executed by a team of "specially commissioned hunters." The macaque was part of a ...

A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species." One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were ...

This image from a video shows a monkey loitering around a home in Yamaguchi, Japan, on Saturday, July 23, 2022. TOKYO (AP) — People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from ...