Midmorning on August 14, police in Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture received an emergency phone call from a distressed hiker. The caller had been hiking on Mount Rausu with a young man, who was ahead of ...

A record number of bear attacks across Japan have caused widespread alarm and six fatalities in the last year, prompting repeated warnings from authorities and wildlife experts. Of the 219 attacks in ...

Police officers patrol the area where four people were reportedly attacked by a bear in Higashinaruse Village, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2025. (Hidenori Nagai / The Yomiuri Shimbun ...

SUNAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) -A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had ...

Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday, officials said, days after the government vowed to toughen measures because of a record year of deadly assaults by the animals.