A Java sparrow named "Omame sensei" draws a tarot card at the Kissho Tennyo Koryuten fortune-telling shop in Yokohama's Naka Ward on Feb. 14, 2025. (Mainichi/Chika Yokomi) ...

At Kissho Tennyo Koryuten in Yokohama's Naka Ward, four of the birds, collectively referred to as "Buncho sensei" (Java sparrow teachers), are being used to tell customers' fortunes. They are kept ...

On World Sparrow Day, a noted avian scientist on Monday called for a nationwide drive to study the factual and nesting status of sparrows as the number of the bird is declining in the country.

And while the others celebrate World Sparrow Day on Tuesday, experts in the city are ruing that the brown presence has disappeared due to reduction in urban nesting spaces and the presence of the ...

When Japanese retailer Felissimo isn't churning out realistic fried chicken pillow and ASMR sets, they have quite the lineup of bird-themed goods. Some of their more popular releases have been ...