Bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts of Japan, especially in municipalities close to or adjacent to populated ...

A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a ...

Four bears were killed in Japan on Monday as the country steps up a culling campaign amid a surge in attacks. This year has ...

The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the ...

Police officers patrol the area where four people were reportedly attacked by a bear in Higashinaruse Village, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2025. (Hidenori Nagai / The Yomiuri Shimbun ...

Japan says it is dispatching its military after a spate of bear attacks, including one that left a woman dead last week. It ...

Japan faces a deadly surge in bear attacks, prompting the government to deploy army troops as communities struggle with ...

Kim Wunderlich was out bowhunting when he found two bear cubs staring at him from just a few meters (yards) away, which meant their mother couldn’t be far behind. Suddenly the furious mom darted out ...