The National Police Agency on Thursday revised the rules of the National Public Safety Commission to allow riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles amid a series of attacks on people across ...

Japan's National Police Agency on Thursday amended rules to allow police officers to use rifles to cull bears, in response to ...

The Defense Ministry and Akita prefecture signed an agreement Wednesday to deploy soldiers who will set box traps with food, ...

Japan began deploying soldiers on Wednesday to a northern region hit by a spate of deadly bear attacks, which have risen to ...

Japan's Defense Ministry sent troops on Wednesday to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks ...

Japan is using its military to counter a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized the country in recent months.

The threats from bears aren’t only physical. Japan’s NHK news outlet reported that in one recent instance, bears devoured ...

Reports of sometimes deadly encounters with brown bears and Asiatic black bears are being reported almost daily ahead of ...

The troops ‘will not actually shoot any bears since they are not trained to fire hunting rifles for the purpose of culling ...

Japan deployed troops to the country's rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged ...

Japan says it is dispatching its military after a spate of bear attacks, including one that left a woman dead last week. It ...