Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a ...

Japan's Environment Ministry says a record 11 people have been killed in bear attacks across Japan since the start of this ...

The governor of Akita prefecture pleaded for help after a bear killed one person and injured three other people amid a record number of attacks across the country this year.

The figures do not include a suspected bear attack involving a 60-year-old hot spring worker who went missing on Thursday ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...

Seven people have died since April this year - the highest number since figures started being recorded in 2006, officials say ...

JAPAN has become the world’s bear attack capital after a record number of fatal encounters which have left humans savaged and ...

As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported ...

Deadly bear attacks are on the rise across Japan, with a record number of deaths this year. Climate change has driven the ...

Fears are mounting over the threat of the wild animals as bears may have claimed the lives of a record number of people this ...