It looks like you're using an ad blocker.

To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.

Thank you for supporting our journalism.

  • PRINT SUBSCRIBERS |
  • SUBSCRIBE |
  • Login
  • My Account
weather icon

29

M/SUNNY

TOKYO (12 a.m.)

TODAY'S PRINT EDITION

The Japan Times The Japan Times

beetles

  • Login
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • My Account
  • PRINT SUBSCRIBERS ≫
  • (FREE ARTICLE)
  • MENU
  • Search
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Life
  • Community
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • City Guide
  • Support
  • Search
  • News
    • National
    • World
    • Business
    • Asia Pacific
    • Reference
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Commentary
    • Cartoons
  • Life
    • Travel
    • Digital
    • Food & Drink
    • Environment
    • Style & Design
    • Language
    • Lifestyle
    • People
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Community
    • Voices
    • Issues
    • Our Lives
    • Event listings
    • How-tos
    • Columns
  • Culture
    • Film
    • Music
    • Art
    • Stage
    • Events
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • TV
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Sports
    • Rugby
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Tennis
    • More Sports
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • City Guide
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Support
    • About us
    • Faqs
Millions of beetles are wiping out forests around the world

World | FOCUS Aug 31, 2020

Millions of beetles are wiping out forests around the world

by Jen Skerritt

Due to climate change, trees are more easily attacked and killed by the insects, in turn impacting forests' ability to absorb carbon and emit oxygen.

Beetlemania: Japanese collectors pay high prices for big bugs

Life Aug 11, 2020

Beetlemania: Japanese collectors pay high prices for big bugs

by Andrew McKirdy

The nation's love of stag and rhinoceros beetles has flourished during the pandemic, with families driving demand.

Bugs struggle amid Japan's record summer heat

National Aug 16, 2018

Bugs struggle amid Japan's record summer heat

by Sarah Suk

Specialists in Hyogo believe populations of mosquitoes and beetles have suffered this year as the moist environments where their young thrive have dried up in the heat wave.

Fireflies kindle a nostalgic glow in Taiwan's cities

Lifestyle Nov 5, 2017

Fireflies kindle a nostalgic glow in Taiwan's cities

by Ko Shu-Ling

Fireflies don't have a lot going for them. For starters, they're bugs —not the pretty kind like butterflies, but beetles, the kind people swat away from lunch boxes or squash on the sidewalk. Even when they do their signature thing of glowing, ambient light ...

  • WHAT’S TRENDING
  • EDITORS’ PICKS
  • Japan issues first 'energy shortage warning' amid soaring temperatures
    Pedestrians walk on a street in Tokyo's Ginza district amid soaring temperatures on Sunday.
  • Japan prepares for bounce in tourism, but pre-pandemic demand still far off
    Skiers in Niseko in Hokkaido in 2017
  • Lost USB memory sticks with data on Japanese city's residents found
    Amagasaki Mayor Kazumi Inamura speaks during a news conference on Thursday.
  • Japan records hottest June day ever amid energy squeeze
    People listen to a campaign speech in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Saturday as temperatures surged to record highs in parts of the country.
  • Japanese political parties pushing to reopen economy
    Voters listen to speeches near Kichijoji Station in Tokyo on Saturday as candidates campaign for the Upper House election in July.
  • Abortion legal and apolitical in Japan, but cost and consent present barriers

    Thumbnail image
  • Surviving Russia’s ‘filtration camps’

    Thumbnail image
  • Election boards tap TikTok and discounts to boost turnout for Upper House vote

    Thumbnail image
  • Japan prepares for bounce in tourism, but pre-pandemic demand still far off

    Thumbnail image
  • What evil lurks in the shadow of anonymity?

    Thumbnail image

PODCAST

Return to The Japan Times top page
JT Digital Archives The Japan Times Alpha Study in Japan JT for Women JT Bookclub Japanese School Directory The Japan Times Jobs
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ePaper Edition
  • News
    • National
    • World
    • Business
    • Asia Pacific
    • Reference
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Commentary
    • Cartoons
  • Life
    • Travel
    • Digital
    • Food & Drink
    • Environment
    • Style & Design
    • Language
    • Lifestyle
    • People
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Community
    • Voices
    • Issues
    • Our Lives
    • Event listings
    • How-tos
    • Columns
  • Culture
    • Film
    • Music
    • Art
    • Stage
    • Events
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • TV
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Sports
    • Rugby
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Tennis
    • More Sports
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • City Guide
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Support
    • About us
    • Faqs
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Work with us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Link Policy
  • Reprints
  • FAQs
  • Support
  • Announcements
  • Press
  • Sitemap
  • Advertise

The Japan Times LTD. All rights reserved.

The Japan Times