The capture in Utsunomiya comes as bear attacks have reached record levels across Japan.

A wild bear roaming parks, libraries, and school grounds threw an entire Japanese city into chaos, forcing officials to make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police officers search for the bear that has terrified residents of Japan's Utsunomiya city (Yuichi YAMAZAKI) (Yuichi YAMAZAKI/AFP ...

The adult bear, estimated at about 100kg, was last seen around 700m from a university campus in Utsunomiya.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, June 9 (Reuters) - The Japanese city of Utsunomiya captured a wild black bear on Tuesday after a dramatic multi-day search that gripped the nation, as local schools closed and ...