A surge of bear attacks in Japan has sparked alarm, with some hunters saying the situation is reaching emergency levels ...

Japan is battli ng a spate of fatal attacks by bears in 2025 with sighting of the animals reported almost daily including in the northern city of Sapporo, but an old video circulating online does not ...

Patrols of soldiers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces take turns to monitor the streets of areas affected by bear attacks. A ...

A surge in bear attacks has reshaped daily life in many parts of Japan this year. Winter would normally spell an end to the ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry is responding to a surge of bear attacks by sending its military to areas where such incidents are occurring regularly. Troops were deployed to the northern prefecture of ...

Japan is in the midst of a wave of deadly bear attacks, with seven people killed and 88 others mauled in the deadliest month for such incidents in the nation’s history, according to reports. The Land ...

The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard. The animals ...

Visitors take souvenir photos next to a bear warning sign at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of Japan’s UNESCO World Heritage sites, in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bear ...

A snowboarder described how one of the animals chased him on the piste. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

KITAAKITA, Japan (Reuters) -Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya's brush with death began when he lifted the shutter of his ...

This year, the country has seen a record number of lethal bear attacks Getty The Japanese government is planning to hire hunters to stop a recent rise of bear attacks in the country Japan has seen ...