NHK has learned that a Japanese research institute believes the wild bear population in Akita Prefecture may be growing as a ...

This week, Japan’s military was deployed to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that ...

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

To combat a surge of deadly bear attacks in Akita Prefecture, Ground Self-Defense Force troops on Nov. 5 joined local efforts ...

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

The State Department has warned Americans traveling to Japan to watch their surroundings after more than a dozen people have been killed by bears in the country so far in 2025. Japanese ...

The number of deaths caused by bears since April has reached a record 13, said the Environment Ministry. Read more at ...

The Japanese government has allowed police to shoot bears if needed, in the wake of a record surge in attacks that have ...