By Tim Kelly and Tom Bateman KITAAKITA, Japan (Reuters) -Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya's brush with death began when ...

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

Kenta Suzuki in an Instagram post last month. It’s a national problem, fueled by the climate crisis and habitat ...

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

Official statistics confirm the spiraling bear crisis, with 20,792 sightings reported nationwide over the six months to ...

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

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

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.

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

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

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