Aninmal Welfare Award 2023
Companies that have contributed to the spread of animal welfare The Animal Welfare Award (AWA) is an annual* award to…
Sardines at Umi-no-Eki Kujukuri Sardine Museum Overcrowded – Calls for Exhibit Abolishment
Umi no Eki Kujukuri, located near the sea in the town of Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture, has a facility called the…
Aquarium Fish Sold in Plastic Bags with Minimal Water
Goldfish and killifish are sold at the flower and tree sales corner of Mutsuzawa Roadside Station in Mutsuzawa Town, Chiba…
Damage to wild birds in lotus root fields: report of discussions with Ibaraki Prefecture
The Animal Rights Center Japan (ARC) has been working with the Ibaraki Prefectural Government to address bird damage to lotus…
Will the G7 International Conference be a Cage-Free Step?
International conferences, which had been blocked due to the Corona disaster, are now being held with the same level of…
Kasumigaura lotus root field, Ibaraki, Damage to wild birds
In the Kasumigaura area of Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture, lotus root cultivation using marshland is thriving. The problem has been…
Animal sacrifices for furs purchased by the Japanese decreased by 97,470
Animal fur (real fur) tortures animals, kills them, becomes a breeding ground for zoonotic diseases, and is bad for the…
Slaughtering, failure is bound to occur
In Japan, pigs and cattle are basically stunned at slaughterhouses before being decapitated and bled to death. However, this process…
H5N1 Avian Influenza Reveals the Limits of Factory Farming
The avian flu is raging and companies are being forced to stop producing and selling egg products. This seems to…
Chickens Boiled Alive: The number of chickens killed in scalding tank increased again
558,181 chickens were boiled alive in 2021, revealed by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) data. The number…
Imperial Hotel TOKYO’s efforts to reducing animal suffering
What is necessary to resolve the common issue of human beings, the earth and animals is to change animal proteins…
Katsushika Ward Councilman Calls for Cage-Free School Lunches
On November 30, 2022, Kayoko Natsume, a ward assembly member, asked a general question about animal welfare at a regular…
Request to Tokyo Tachikawa City: “Don’t Cooperate with Animal Circus”
There is a trend in other countries to stop using animals for entertainment, such as circuses, as it is an…
A Must-read Book for Children, “Someday Under the Sky -The Sakura School Hikari Newspaper-” was Published!
A new children’s book “Someday under the Sky Sakura School Hikari Newspaper” has been published. This children’s book should be…
Activity report of Animal Rights Day: Lecture and Outreach activities in 3 locations nationwide
On Dec.10th, 2022, International Animal Rights Day, we conducted street outreach activities on 3 spots, i.e. Shibuya (Tokyo), Iwate and…
Cruelty in Animal Farms – Why corporate transparency is so necessary
In pig farms, animals die in breeding facilities more than any other places. They die not just because of miscarriage,…
CAINZ: Stop Selling Living Fish in Plastic Bags!
Fishe are sentient being so that it has even been analyzed that “the perceptual and cognitive abilities of fishes are…
Achievements and Progress in 2022
Though it’s yet to be seen since we have two more months to go, 2022 will be a year of…
MAFF Committee discusses male chick culling for the first time
On November 8th 2022, Genki Sudo councilor raised a question at the diet session in regards to male chicks who…
Companies and Shops Newly Added to “The List of Cage-Free”
More companies agree with “cage-free eggs” initiatives. What is the cage-free egg declaration? It means that companies publicize their intention…
Good news!!! STOF、 bedsidedrama、ZECHIA、MAKER’S SHIRT KAMAKURA, become fur free!
Kaidansha Inc., which has brands such as STOF and bedsidedrama, Parallel Earth Inc. of ZECHIA, and Maker’s Shirts Kamakura Co.,…
On the World Day for Farmed Animals: Appeal the current situation of animals from Shibuya, Iwate, and Shiga
On October 2, 2022, World Day for Farmed Animals, we partnered with the Animal Rights Center Iwate and Shiga to…
Incredibly overcrowded breeding space – layer poultry farms in Japan
The Act on Welfare and Management of Animals stipulates, as a penalty, that to drain or weaken an animal by…
In summer 2022, demand and supply of cage-free eggs has increased.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, consumer demand for cage-free eggs has increasing. Looking at the sales trends of other products, it…
Should animals be given legal status?
Koichi HOSOKAWA, Professor, Japan Women’s University More and more people consider pets to be family members. The term “companion animal”…