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

Amid reports of consecutive human casualties due to wild bear sightings across various regions in Japan, authorities have resorted to shooting a bear that appeared in a large shopping mall in a city ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan takes unusual steps to deal with its deadly bear problem 01:27 A bear attack left four people injured in two factories and a ...

Japan has begun installing hundreds of cameras in its northern mountains as part of a nationwide survey of the bear population following a surge in maulings, an official told AFP on Thursday. To draw ...

Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army have been sent to help. Traditional hunters, known as matagi, roam the forests ...