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 ...

The killing spree taking place in rural Kazuno and surrounding areas in northern Japan is as chilling as it is unprecedented.

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

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

The troops ‘will not actually shoot any bears since they are not trained to fire hunting rifles for the purpose of culling ...

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

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

Japan’s Defense Ministry have sent troops to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that ...