As of the end of November, 235 bear attacks had killed 13 people across Japan this year, both the highest figures since ...

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Akita, a mountainous northern prefecture, has called for the military’s help to protect residents from an unprecedented wave of bear attacks.

TOKYO – Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since ...

Japan sent troops on Wednesday to help quell a significant rise in bear attacks that have stoked fears among residents in a mountainous community in the northern prefecture of Akita, according to The ...

Northeast Japan may see a rise in bears approaching humans again in 2027, as a good beech nut yield expected in 2026 suggests ...

Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since comparable ...

IT was a crisp autumn morning in Japan’s northern Akita region, and residents were on edge. Commuters – some wearing bells, others carrying cans of repellent spray – walked cautiously down leaf-strewn ...

AKITA, Japan -- It was a crisp autumn morning in the northern Japanese region of Akita, and people were on edge. Commuters -- some wearing bells, some carrying cans of repellent spray -- walked ...

With a significant increase in black bear sightings in Japan, collisions between the animal and vehicles or trains have surged this year, acc･･･ ...