Japan says it is dispatching its military after a spate of bear attacks, including one that left a woman dead last week. It ...

Japan deployed troops to the country's rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged ...

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

Japan began deploying soldiers on Wednesday to a northern region hit by a spate of deadly bear attacks, which have risen to ...

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

Troops from the country's Self Defense Force arrived in the northern Akita Prefecture on Wednesday to combat a crisis that ...

Troops will set traps and assist local hunters but won't use firearms. Over 100 people have been injured and at least 12 ...

Japan is using its military to counter a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized the country in recent months.

There have been more than 100 bear attacks with a record 12 people killed across Japan in the year since April, according to the environment ministry. Two-thirds of those deaths were in Akita ...

Soldiers not authorized to use firearms to kill bears, but rather to assist with logistics tasks - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A spate of fatal bear attacks across Japan has dominated local news for weeks, prompting the government to send soldiers to ...

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