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

When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – ...

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

A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a ...

Japan has deployed military personnel to the northern prefecture of Akita following a significant increase in bear attacks ...

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

Japan sends in troops after ‘daily’ bear attacks threaten schools and tourist spots - Bear attacks have left 12 people dead ...

Japan is facing a new crisis that has led to military intervention. But this has nothing to do with national security or ...

Since April, nine people across Japan have died in bear attacks, the highest toll ever recorded in a single year, according ...

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

The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over a sharp rise in bear ...

Reports of bear attacks in Japan, including in residential neighbourhoods, have become more common in recent years.