Poor nut harvests are closely linked to spikes in bear attacks in Japan. Akita recorded the highest number of bear attacks in Japan this year, with 66 people injured between April and November and ...

Tokyo - Japan's Defense Ministry sent troops on Wednesday to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have horrified residents in the mountainous region. Bears ...

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Akita, a mountainous northern prefecture, has called for the military’s help to protect residents from an unprecedented wave of bear attacks.

With a significant increase in black bear sightings in Japan, collisions between the animal and vehicles or trains have ...

TOKYO — Besieged by bears, Japan's north welcomed reinforcements on Wednesday as the military deployed troops to respond to a record wave of attacks. Bears have attacked about 100 people in the ...

When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass. This mountainous region ...

Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army have been sent to help. Traditional hunters, known as matagi, roam the forests ...

New Delhi: There’ve been grisly attacks in villages, on walking trails, at a hot spring, and even in a supermarket. Now Japan has called in its military to tackle the bears apparently running riot in ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the military to one badly hit area to set traps. By Javier C. Hernández and Kiuko ...