The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the ...

Japan for years has had a problem with bear attacks, but lately it’s gotten so bad the military was deployed to help protect ...

MORIOKA, Japan - A steady stream of bear attacks in northeastern Japan is turning some tourists away from the region, hitting ...

Hi everyone, it's Patrick, Trending News Writer, here taking the blog baton from Ben. One of the big science stories ...

KITAAKITA, Japan >> Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya’s brush with death began when he lifted the shutter of his garage ...

A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be ...

When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – ...

The NPA has revised its firearms policies to allow riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles, which have been ...

Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous ...

The troops ‘will not actually shoot any bears since they are not trained to fire hunting rifles for the purpose of culling ...