As of the end of November, 235 bear attacks had killed 13 people across Japan this year, both the highest figures since ...

Tokyo - Japan's Defense Ministry sent troops on Wednesday to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have horrified residents in the mountainous region. Bears ...

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 — Besieged by bears, Japan's north welcomed reinforcements on Wednesday as the military deployed troops to respond to a record wave of attacks. Bears have attacked about 100 people in the ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the military to one badly hit area to set traps. By Javier C. Hernández and Kiuko ...

With a significant increase in black bear sightings in Japan, collisions between the animal and vehicles or trains have surged this year, acc･･･ ...

New Delhi: There’ve been grisly attacks in villages, on walking trails, at a hot spring, and even in a supermarket. Now Japan has called in its military to tackle the bears apparently running riot in ...

Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army have been sent to help. Traditional hunters, known as matagi, roam the forests ...