Tsurui, Akan District, Hokkaido, Japan - February 17, 2025 Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national ...

Red-crowned cranes are attracting visitors to the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. Photographers in Tsurui Village can snap photos of red-crowned cranes gathering by a river before dawn ...

Far north of Japan's bustling metropolises of Tokyo ... mysterious green algae balls, red-crowned cranes, Ainu culture, and geothermal features — from geysers to sulfur mountains and boiling ...

An international nongovernmental organization’s proposal to downgrade the red-crowned crane in an animal preservation list has triggered a wave of protests in and outside Japan. The bird species ...