By Tim Kelly and Tom Bateman KITAAKITA, Japan (Reuters) -Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya's brush with death began when ...

When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass.

Japan has deployed troops to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the northern prefecture ...

Troops will assist in the setting up of traps in the prefecture, though they are not permitted to help cull the bears ...

A Japanese governor on Tuesday called for help from the military to deal with a spate of "truly dire" deadly bear attacks, which have risen to record levels this year in Japan.Last week, Japan's new ...

Japan deployed troops to the country's rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged ...

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Akita, a mountainous northern prefecture, has called for the military’s help to protect residents from an unprecedented wave of bear attacks.

TOKYO - A regional Japanese official asked the government on Tuesday to send in the military to help deal with a "truly dire" ...

A Japanese governor has appealed to the military for help containing a surge in deadly bear attacks that have killed a record ...

Video. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces were dispatched to Akita to help control a surge in bear attacks that have left over 100 ...