Fatal maulings in the last three months have jumped fivefold compared to last year, according to government data.

This marks the latest in a series of such incidents across the country. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

A bear allegedly broke into the home of an elderly couple in northern Japan and rummaged through their refrigerator, in the ...

Photo Credit: iStock A brown bear on a mountain trail in northern Japan turned an ordinary hike into a rescue operation.

Japan Railways Group companies are upgrading measures to protect their workers from bear attacks after a record number of ...

Japan has begun installing hundreds of cameras in its northern mountains as part of a nationwide survey of the bear ...

A man was found dead Monday in the northern mountains of Japan, and authorities believe he may have been the victim of a bear attack. Japanese authorities reported that the man, whose identity has not ...

Climate change and shifting demographics are driving the country’s Asiatic black bears closer to humans. By Claire Moses The ...

One Japanese city is taking no chances after a series of bear sightings this week, closing nearly 100 schools as officials scour the town, and as attacks take place elsewhere in the country.

The bear was far from the wilderness when it crossed paths with a man in a parking lot and leapt on him. Japan's latest bear attack injured four people last week and unfolded partly within view of a ...

Suspected fatal attack: A man was found dead on a mountain in northern Japan with bear bite marks, and police are ...

Bear believed to have unlatched and opened a locked window, and was seen turning on and drinking from a tap Police and hunters in Fukushima, Japan were searching for an “extremely intelligent” bear ...