Bears in Japan have killed at least 13 people and injured more than 180 this year, prompting foreign governments to issue ...

Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army ...

The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan released a "'wildlife alert' in November following 7 fatal attacks in October ...

A record 13 deaths have been caused by bears this year between April and Nov. 5, and the country is ramping up efforts to ...

Shop manager remarks that it was fortunate the attack occurred on a Sunday when nearby kindergarten was closed.

As deadly bear attack numbers surge in Japan’s northern villages and resort towns, the country is scrambling to contain the ...

Bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts of Japan, especially in municipalities close to or adjacent to populated ...

Amid a spate of bear sightings, a civic group in northern Japan's Yamagata City is testing a program that uses taxis to take ...

The U.S. issued a travel warning for Japan as the country deals with an increase in bear attacks, particularly in a historic ...

Northern Japan is reeling from a succession of bear attacks, some of them deadly. Now, residents in Akita Prefecture hope ...

Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Shirakawa when he was a ...

A scene straight out of a movie. For several months, Japan has been facing an unprecedented bear invasion. Usually confined ...