A wild bear casually appeared at a roadside in Japan, leaving locals and commuters shocked and concerned. Recent reports ...

Japan has deployed troops to help counter a surge of bear attacks that have terrified residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita. In the last seven months, at least 12 ...

The Defense Ministry and Akita prefecture signed an agreement Wednesday to deploy soldiers who will set box traps with food, ...

The numbers were compiled based on reports to police of bear sightings and data submitted from municipal governments.

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

Japan is using its military to counter a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized the country in recent months.

The threats from bears aren’t only physical. Japan’s NHK news outlet reported that in one recent instance, bears devoured ...

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

The troops ‘will not actually shoot any bears since they are not trained to fire hunting rifles for the purpose of culling ...

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 ...