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Additionally, regulations concerning animal-handling businesses exclude livestock and do not specifically address farm animals. [2] The anti-cruelty and duty of care provisions also apply to animals used in research. The law mandates that alternative methods should be considered and that the number of animals used should be minimized.
Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience.
In Japanese diets, fish and its products are more prominent than other types of meat, so much so that fish consumption in Japan has been noted to be the highest in the world at times. [16] In a fact sheet released by the FAO in 2010, it highlighted that with the exception of 2007, Japan has been the leading importer of fish and fishery products ...
Japan's fishing and seafood industry is under threat as warming sea temperatures spur changes in marine life behavior and migration patterns. Japan loves its sushi. But the fish are disappearing
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and three cabinet ministers had Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting on Wednesday 30 August, in an apparent effort to dispel safety concerns following ...
The Act provides the legal framework for the domestic designation of Endangered Species and Natural Habitat Conservation Areas as well as for the honouring of international commitments under the Washington Convention (CITES) and conventions and agreements on migratory birds, including the 1972 Japan-U.S Migratory Birds Convention, 1973 Japan ...
Wildlife Protection Areas (鳥獣保護区, chōjū hogoku) in Japan are established by the Ministry of the Environment and, for areas of more local importance, by the Prefectural Governments in order "to protect and promote the reproduction of birds and mammals" in accordance with the 2002 Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law (鳥獣の保護及び狩猟の適正化に関する法律 ...
In February, a justice ministry panel proposed raising the age of consent in Japan as part