Japan has deployed troops to help counter a surge of bear attacks that have terrified residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita. In the last seven months, at least 12 ...

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 ...

Japan's National Police Agency on Thursday amended rules to allow police officers to use rifles to cull bears, in response to ...

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

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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 ...

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