The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over the rise a sharp rise in ...

Hunting associations have called for compensation rules and sums to be standardised. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...

Japan has seen a marked increase in bear attacks in 2025 — including seven fatal attacks, up from 5 fatal bear deaths in 2024 ...

Reports of bear attacks in Japan, including in residential neighbourhoods, have become more common in recent years.

The rise in bear attacks has caused concern in a country deeply attached to the animal. Climate change and the declining ...

Extra police patrols were deployed to busy commuter routes in the area where the grocery store attack occurred to ensure the safety of children on their way to school.

Japan has been grappling with a concerning rise in bear attacks that have resulted in a record-high annual death toll while injuring more than 100 people.

Police in northern Japan found four people who were victims of an apparent bear attack near a village office in Akita ...

A bear was captured and killed after it entered a construction company building in Agano City, Niigata Prefecture.

Midmorning on August 14, police in Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture received an emergency phone call from a distressed hiker. The caller had been hiking on Mount Rausu with a young man, who was ahead of ...

Additionally, troops will be sent to the Akita Prefecture — an area in northern Japan — to help set traps and dispose of bear ...