Japan’s police began a campaign to cull bears after amended rules permitting them the use of rifles to kill the animals took ...

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

Japanese police squads armed with rifles have begun a campaign to cull bears that appear in populated areas of northeastern ...

The bear attacks have mainly occurred in the northern part of Japan. This week, Japan’s military was deployed to the northern ...

The State Department said U.S. citizens in Japan should exercise increased caution amid a sharp rise in deadly bear attacks.

To eliminate the growing threat of rampaging bears, teams of police officers armed with rifles headed out on Nov. 13 in Akita ...

The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over the rise a sharp rise in bear attacks. The environment ministry said on Thursday that it would set ...

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

Amid the unusually frequent occurrence of bear attacks on humans in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, local officials and hunting association members tasked with responding to the crisis are ...

Japan sent troops Wednesday to help contain a wave of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the northern prefecture ...