Soaring temperatures in Japan have forced cattle breeder Yuki Tamura to use unusual methods to keep her cows cool and healthy, like wrapping their necks with ice packs. :: This Earth In July, the city ...

TOKYO, Nov. 21 -- Japanese officials announced today that a second cow was infected with "mad cow" disease, the brain-wasting illness that has devastated herds in Europe but had not been detected in ...

TOKYO - A dairy cow has tested positive for mad cow disease in the Chiba area of Japan, near Tokyo, the agriculture ministry said today, signalling the first case reported in Asia. However, ministry ...

YAKIMA -- Japanese scientists met with U.S. agriculture officials in Washington state yesterday about the ongoing investigation into mad cow disease, as more cows from a Mabton dairy farm were killed.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The first suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Japan should serve as another warning for the U.S. meat industry to increase safeguards against the stealthy, ...

You’ll notice that most of the steaks on this list below bear an A5 rating and have specific Japanese Kobe beef, American Wagyu beef or other A5 Kobe beef designations to distinguish why they are such ...

TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese officials say they have found the country's first known case of mad cow disease. Japan's agriculture ministry said on Monday a cow has tested positive for mad cow disease in ...

Japan will spend $150 million to buy up to 370,000 cows from domestic cattle farmers hit by sharp sales declines because of a scare over mad cow disease, an official said Thursday. The measure will be ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan confirmed its first human case of mad cow disease Friday following the death of a man who had symptoms of the fatal brain wasting illness. Health Ministry officials and experts ...

A Japanese town has discovered a method to convert cow manure into hydrogen fuel, which can power vehicles such as cars and tractors. Situated on one of Japan’s Northern islands, Hokkaido, the raw ...

A Feb. 5 article on mad cow disease in Japan incorrectly said that the clinical name of the illness in humans is bovine spongiform encephalopathy. That is the disease in cattle; the human illness is ...