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

Troops will set traps and assist local hunters but won't use firearms. Over 100 people have been injured and at least 12 ...

Japan began deploying soldiers on Wednesday to a northern region hit by a spate of deadly bear attacks, which have risen to ...

Reports of sometimes deadly encounters with brown bears and Asiatic black bears are being reported almost daily ahead of ...

Since April, a record 12 people have been killed in more than 100 bear encounters in Japan -- an issue so serious the country ...

Troops from the country's Self Defense Force arrived in the northern Akita Prefecture on Wednesday to combat a crisis that ...

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

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

Japan’s Defense Ministry have sent troops to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that ...

A spate of fatal bear attacks across Japan has dominated local news for weeks, prompting the government to send soldiers to ...