Amended rules took effect on Thursday permitting police officers in Japan to use rifles to kill bears, in response to a ...

The US State Department on Wednesday issued an unusual warning to Americans in northern Japan: watch out for bears.

The governor of a northern region of Japan says authorities were getting "desperate" due to a lack of manpower amid daily ...

This week, Japan’s military was deployed to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that ...

Amid the unusually frequent occurrence of bear attacks on humans in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, local officials and hunting association members tasked with responding to the crisis are ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force on Wednesday began assisting the northeastern prefecture of Akita in its bear-culling ope ...

Japan's Defense Ministry is arranging to send Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist in the ...

KITAAKITA, Japan >> Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya’s brush with death began when he lifted the shutter of his garage ...

Other than dogs, at least 220 people have been attacked by bears since April. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Japan sent troops Wednesday to help contain a wave of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the northern prefecture ...