A bear reportedly attacked an hunter after he and other hunters shot the animal multiple times Getty A hunter in his 60s was seriously injured by a bear during a spring culling hunt in Hokkaido, Japan ...

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 ...

Muneyoshi Someya / AP TOKYO — Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita.

The U.S. State Department is warning Americans in Japan to be alert as bear attacks and sightings rise in parts of the country. Americans should avoid areas where bears are sighted, especially if ...

Japan confirmed Friday the first fatal bear attack of 2026 after a record 13 deaths last year, with reports pointing to a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation. A spate of ...

A hunter was seriously injured in a brown bear attack in northern Japan. According to NHK World-Japan and Dot Dot News, the incident occurred in Shimamaki Village in Hokkaido on Sunday, April 26, ...