Governor of Japan's Akita seeks military help to protect residents from increasing bear attacks. Bear encounters have risen ...

Since April, nine people across Japan have died in bear attacks, the highest toll ever recorded in a single year, according ...

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

A regional Japanese official asked the government on Tuesday to send in the military to help deal with a "truly dire" spate ...

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.

A Japanese governor called for help from the military to deal with a spate of deadly bear attacks, which have risen to record ...

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

Two incidents today in two different parts of the country resulted in one person dead and four injured. Climate change and ...

A record number of fatal attacks has prompted one regional leader to call for more help in dealing with the problem.

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday instructed relevant ministries and ...

A surge in bear attacks has pushed Japan's Akita prefecture to consider an unusual step: calling in the military to cull bears. Gov. Kenta Suzuki announced on social media that he plans to request ...

A Japanese governor has appealed to the military for help containing a surge in deadly bear attacks that have killed a record ...