The roar that haunts him: Japanese bear attack survivor calls for ruthless response

By Tim Kelly and Tom Bateman KITAAKITA, Japan (Reuters) -Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya's brush with death began when ...

Japan deploys troops in bid to stem surge in deadly bear attacks

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

Facing a spike in deadly bear attacks, Japan turns to the military and drones that bark

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.
CNA

Apparent bear attack kills man in Japan as deaths mount

TOKYO: A bear appears to have killed a man picking mushrooms in a Japanese forest, police said on Friday (Oct 10), the latest ...

Bear attacks are rising in Japan. Aging hunters are on the front line.

A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a ...
New York Post

Japan ‘bear attack’ victim, 93, was actually murdered, son arrested in shocking twist

Japanese authorities arrested the son of an elderly man on murder charges after originally believing he was fatally mauled during a bear attack, according to reports and authorities. Fujiyosh Shindo, ...