An animal-cruelty suspect has indicated responsibility for the deaths of dozens of rabbits on Okunoshima island, a wartime ...

Ōkunoshima is a small island in Japan's Inland Sea that's become a tourist destination for one reason: it's crawling with friendly rabbits. Hundreds of them. They hop up to visitors expecting snacks.

In 1929, the army began manufacturing chemical weapons, leading to the testing of poison gas on rabbits brought to the island. This sparked the belief that workers may have released these captive ...