A bear reportedly attacked an hunter after he and other hunters shot the animal multiple times ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese climber had the scare of a lifetime when an aggressive Japanese black bear suddenly charged at him as he descended a ...

A bear that rampaged through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, local officials said. The animal was trapped and later killed on Monday, police said. Japan ...

Japan’s military deployed troops to the country’s mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks. The ...

More and more wild bears have been spotted in Japan in recent years, even in residential areas, due to factors including a declining human population and climate change. A man was found dead on a ...

A bear that ran amok in a supermarket in northern Japan has been caught two days after it attacked a worker, the latest in a surge of encounters between bears and people in the country. The bear ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force was deployed last month to confront an unusual threat in northern Japan: Bears. The rare mobilization followed a surge in bear encounters nationwide that has left ...

Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Shirakawa when he was a child. But since a cub attacked a Spanish visitor there last month, protecting ...