TOKYO -- The economic impact of cats -- referred to in Japan as "nekonomics" or ... items such as TV shows featuring cats, ...

Cat cafés have been popping up all over the world, from Tokyo to Paris to New York City. The concept originally started in Asia, where many apartments don't allow pets. Cat cafés presented those ...

Naoki Teraoka, 59, was involved in the opening of the Diorama Restaurant cat cafe ... from outside of Japan show up there. “I never imagined that,” said Teraoka. “Our cafe was possible ...