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 ...

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

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

The Defense Ministry and Akita prefecture signed an agreement Wednesday to deploy soldiers who will set box traps with food, ...

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

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

There have been more than 100 bear attacks with a record 12 people killed across Japan in the year since April, according to ...

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

Troops will help transport, set and inspect the box traps used to capture the bears, not the culling. Read more at ...

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

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...