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Are you here because you've just welcomed a new feline friend into your home? If so, welcome and congratulations! Adopting a cute new cat into the family is always a "paws-itively" joyous occasion.

Cats have been an ever-present part of Japanese culture for hundreds of years: sometimes cherished as devoted protectors of Buddhist scriptures, other times feared as devious yokai (supernatural ...

Cats are beloved in Japan, as they have been for thousands of years. From old mythological tales of feline yokai like the smart shape-shifting bakeneko to the Hello Kitties and lucky maneki-nekos of ...