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, ...

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, 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 ...

TOKYO -- Japan may have Asia's first case of mad cow disease, the government said Monday, citing tainted feed from Europe as a possible cause. Initial tests on the brain of a cow in Chiba prefecture ...

TOKYO Japan's agriculture minister on Friday proposed relaxing testing standards for mad cow disease in a move that could lead to the end of an eight-month ban on U.S. beef imports. Agriculture ...

A Japanese town has discovered a method to convert cow manure into hydrogen fuel, which can power vehicles such as cars and ...

TOKYO - A slaughtered Holstein cow in western Japan has tested positive for mad cow disease, local government officials said Tuesday. If the cow in Nara prefecture is confirmed to have the illness, it ...