The number of people killed by bear attacks in Japan from April to early this month totaled seven, surpassing the six ...
Reports of bear attacks in Japan, including in residential neighbourhoods, have become more common in recent years.
OTSUKI, Yamanashi (Kyodo) -- Japan's surge in bear attacks has forced the government to relax rules on "emergency shootings" in populated areas, amid concerns over whether municipalities can secure ...
As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported ...
A MUSHROOM picker has been found dead with his head ripped off after a savage bear attack. The man, said to be in his 70s, ...
Japan has been experiencing an increasing number of bear attacks on humans across the country. A woman in her 70s died of ...
The man, who was reportedly in his 70s, went missing on Wednesday after going to forage for mushrooms in a forest ...
Extra police patrols were deployed to busy commuter routes in the area where the grocery store attack occurred to ensure the ...
The man in his fifties never returned from a hunting trip to Mount Esan in Hokkaido, Japan Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been published by Just ...