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

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

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

Since April, more than 100 people have been injured and at least 12 killed in bear attacks across Japan, according ...

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

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

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

The defence ministry and Akita prefecture’s government signed an agreement on the troop dispatch on Wednesday afternoon, ...

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

Soldiers not authorized to use firearms to kill bears, but rather to assist with logistics tasks - Anadolu Ajansı ...