Japanese police squads armed with rifles have begun a campaign to cull bears that appear in populated areas of northeastern ...
The governor of a northern region of Japan says authorities were getting "desperate" due to a lack of manpower amid daily ...
To eliminate the growing threat of rampaging bears, teams of police officers armed with rifles headed out on Nov. 13 in Akita ...
Amid the unusually frequent occurrence of bear attacks on humans in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, local officials and hunting association members tasked with responding to the crisis are ...
Kenta Suzuki in an Instagram post last month. It’s a national problem, fueled by the climate crisis and habitat change. Across Japan, at least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 ...
Japan sent troops Wednesday to help contain a wave of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the northern prefecture ...