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

Japan has deployed military personnel to the northern prefecture of Akita following a significant increase in bear attacks ...

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

Authorities in Akita prefecture say bear sightings have jumped sixfold this year, prompting local officials to call in help ...

More than 100 attacks, record 12 deaths since AprilClimate change, rural depopulation to blame, experts sayBlack bears, ...

Japan is facing a new crisis that has led to military intervention. But this has nothing to do with national security or ...

Fatal bear attacks in Japan have reached a record high this year, according to the Japanese Environment Ministry. Eleven ...

In the past six months, there have been four times the number of people killed by bears compared with last year, and the Japanese government wants to hire hunters to help cull the animals.

Troops are being sent to the north of Japan to help contain a surge of bear attacks, which have killed at least 12 and ...