Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

Since April, nine people across Japan have died in bear attacks, the highest toll ever recorded in a single year, according ...

The seventh bear-related death recorded in Japan this year was a man, estimated to be in his 70s, who was reportedly picking ...

Japan's Environment Ministry says 10 people have died from bear attacks across the nation so far this fiscal year, which ...

Surging bear numbers, scarce food and fewer hunters mean another disaster on the scale of the Sankebetsu massacre cannot be ...

A woman was found dead in a rice field in northern Japan on Monday morning. Police, citing a reported bear sighting, and the ...

Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday, officials said, days after the government vowed to ...

A New Zealand man living in Japan has revealed the moment his arm was ‘snapped off’ in a gruesome bear attack.

A bear rampaged through the sushi section of a supermarket in central Japan Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks that ...

Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon through its rugged wilderness. But two weeks ago, he was running for his ...

An apparent bear attack near a village office in northeastern Japan has left one man dead and three others seriously injured, ...

Taking a defensive posture by lying face down when encountering a bear can prevent serious injuries, according to a new ...