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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

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

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