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.

Since July 8, at least 45 people have been injured by Japanese macaques – also known as snow monkeys – in and around Yamaguchi city, according to Yoshitaka Morishige, an official from the ...

A visit to the Jigokudani Monkey Park needs to be on your upcoming Japan itinerary ... and seeing them groom each other, dive in the water, search for food, take care of their young, and play ...

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 ...

A member of a gang of monkeys that has terrorised residents of a Japanese city for weeks has been caught and killed, officials say. The macaques have injured almost 50 people in Yamaguchi.

The city of Yamaguchi is reportedly asking people to keep their windows closed while police officers search for the animal A wild monkey responsible ... in southwest Japan is on the lam.

(CNN) — A wild monkey is terrorizing a small city in southwestern Japan, breaking into homes to bite and claw residents amid an ongoing hunt for the animal, officials said. Some 20 people in the ...

Police in Japan are searching for a wild monkey or monkeys thought to be responsible for a spate of attacks on people, including young children. In the Ogori area of the city of Yamaguchi in ...

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 ...