Japan's islands teem with diverse snake species, from harmless rat snakes controlling pests to the venomous mamushi.

TOKYO (AP) — A passenger spotted a snake curled around the armrest of another passenger's seat on a Japanese Shinkansen "bullet" train on Monday, forcing the train to make an unscheduled stop. No one ...

A "stowaway" snake brought a Japanese high-speed bullet train to a standstill on the Nagoya-Tokyo route yesterday, with a delay of nearly 20 minutes on the famously punctual service. The reptile was ...

Tokyo police find a man's illegal snake collection after he is bitten by one. TOKYO, Japan, Aug 27, 2008 — -- Japanese police arrested a 41-year-old man in Tokyo on Wednesday on suspicion of ...

An unlikely stowaway on a Japanese bullet train (shinkansen) forced the country’s usually uber-punctual rail service to make an emergency stop Monday. A female passenger glimpsed a brown snake wrapped ...