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

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

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

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

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

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

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