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

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

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 animals have killed a record 13 across the country since April, with a steady flow of reports of bears entering homes, ...

Thirteen people have been killed and more than 100 injured since April amid a surge in bear encounters across northern Japan ...

Thirteen people have been killed and more than 100 injured since April amid a surge in bear encounters across northern Japan ...

This story, “Nightmare Hunt,” appeared in the Nov. 1985 issue of Outdoor Life. My hunting buddy, Darrel Rosin, chided me as we pushed aside the high brush on the narrow path leading back to the cabin.

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