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Japan to probe popular animal cafes amid hygiene, welfare concerns

South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
by Agence France-Presse
Aug 27, 2026 · 12:47 PM
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Japan to probe popular animal cafes amid hygiene, welfare concerns
Japan plans to look into popular animal cafes, where visitors can interact with anything from cats to capybaras, following concerns about hygiene and the creatures’ welfare, authorities said on Thursday. Japan has hundreds of the cafes where campaigners say animals are sometimes kept in cramped sp…
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