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 - 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 ...

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 ...

In English, "Wagyu" translates to Japanese cow. Wagyu beef comes from a Japanese horned cattle breed that's typically red or black, according to the American Wagyu Association. Beef must come from one ...

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.

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 ...

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's top government spokesman said Monday that the latest confirmed U.S. case of mad cow disease will not affect deliberations on ending a 17-month ban on American beef imports. Japan ...