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

TOKYO: Japan will allow riot police to shoot bears with rifles in a revision of its strict gun laws announced on Thursday ...

A bear was slowly walking on the other side of the fence as if it was checking its surroundings. We caught the animal ...

Japan faces a deadly surge in bear attacks, prompting the government to deploy army troops as communities struggle with ...

Troops sent to northern Japan to help stop bear attacks on people after casualties hit record Japan's Self-Defense Forces ...

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

Japan's National Police Agency on Thursday amended rules to allow police officers to use rifles to cull bears, in response to a recent surge in bear attacks on humans. Until now, the regulations for ...

A wild bear casually appeared at a roadside in Japan, leaving locals and commuters shocked and concerned. Recent reports ...

The National Police Agency on Thursday revised the rules of the National Public Safety Commission to allow riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles amid a series of attacks on people across ...

The amendment will take effect from Nov 13 in response to a recent surge in bear attacks on humans. Read more at straitstimes ...