Japan is having its deadliest year ever for bear attacks. Eight people have been killed and 100 injured. Last week, a bear ...

Japan has seen a marked increase in bear attacks in 2025 — including seven fatal attacks, up from 5 fatal bear deaths in 2024 ...

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Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon ...

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

Japan's new Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara called the bear attacks "a big problem, a serious problem".

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

A bear rampaged through the sushi section of a supermarket in central Japan Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks that ...

A New Zealand man living in Japan has revealed the moment his arm was ‘snapped off’ in a gruesome bear attack.

A couple in their 80s was attacked and seriously hurt by a bear outside their home in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, but ...

Japan will take tougher measures to control its population of bears, its environment minister said Friday after recent record ...