TOKYO — Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens on Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate region. It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in ...

TOKYO (AFP): Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens on Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate region. It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in ...

Japanese authorities have started culling about 50,000 chickens on Sunday (Jan 5) following a bird flu outbreak at a farm. The outbreak with happened in the northern Iwate region marks the 19th ...

Japan is facing a rise in avian influenza (bird flu) outbreaks, leading to the culling of around five million chickens and other birds across five prefectures this January. The Ministry of ...

The bird flu virus hit another farm in Iwate and a firm in the central Aichi region on Thursday. (EPA Images pic) Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens today after a bird flu ...