Japan's obsessive love of cats isn’t anything new for the island nation of 127 million people—but with International Cat Day being celebrated today, August 8, there’s no better time to explore it. The ...

A journey through a country where felines are revered, adored and sometimes seen as actual demons. Ceramic maneki neko, or “welcoming cats,” at Gotokuji, a temple in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo that is ...