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

The United States has issued a warning to travelers regarding a slew of recent bear attacks in Northern Japan.

Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday, officials said, days after the government vowed to toughen measures because of a record year of deadly assaults by the animals.

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

Experts said climate change and shifting populations could explain the uptick in attacks Alamy Japan has seen a marked increase in bear attacks this year — including seven fatal animal attacks, up ...

A bear that rampaged through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, local officials said. The animal was trapped and later killed on Monday, police said. Japan ...

TOKYO — Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita. Reports of sometimes deadly ...