Instead of a werewolf, many Asian cultures have a mythical beast called a weretiger in their mythology. There are several ways you can turn into a weretiger depending on who you ask. In China, weretigers are the victims of vengeful ghosts or curse passed down through the family line.
In Thailand, the process is sort of reversed; if a tiger has eaten many people, it adopts human tendencies, and becomes a weretiger that way. Some also believe that powerful magicians can change themselves into weretigers at will if they so desire.
Because in many mythologies an entire family line can be weretigers, some believe that there are entire villages made up exclusively of weretigers. Legend has it that contact outside the village is not prohibited but unfortunate; if a weretiger living in a village falls in love with a human, the human must severe ties with his/her previous world and become a community member.