Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday, officials said, days after the government vowed to toughen measures because of a record year of deadly assaults by the animals.

SUNAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) -A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had ...

Other stories of recent bear encounters in Japan come to a more harrowing end. In October, local police in Iwate Prefecture, a region in northeastern Japan, reported that a man was out foraging ...

Japan has deployed military personnel to the northern prefecture of Akita following a significant increase in bear attacks across the region. The animals have been sighted near schools, railway ...

U.S. officials are warning visitors to Japan to be extra vigilant for aggressive bears, especially in the northern part of the Asian country. On Nov. 12, the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan ...

This year has been the deadliest for bear attacks since Japan began keeping records in the early 2000s, with the Ministry of the Environment reporting 13 fatalities between April and November—three ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita. Reports of sometimes deadly ...