Bear Attacks

MORIOKA — A 73-year-old man was attacked by a bear in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday evening...

MORIOKA — Municipalities can authorize guns to be used against bears in residential areas under a...

Multiple bear sightings have been reported in the mountains in Tokyo’s Nishitama area, including ...

A man in his 70s was attacked by a bear in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on Saturday, according to...

A 93-year-old man was found dead in a house in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, with blood on his body o...

A body was found on Friday on a mountain on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, where a man had ...

IWATE — Amid frequent bear sightings in Iwate Prefecture, a smartphone app for reporting and shar...

AKITA — A 73-year-old woman was left unconscious after apparently being attacked by a bear at a f...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido / KITAKAMI, Iwate — Bears are increasingly entering human-inhabited areas and ...

ICHINOSEKI, Iwate — Children learned how to avoid being injured by bears on Thursday at Higashiya...

A man in his 70s was clawed in the head by a bear in Kita-Akita, Akita Prefecture, at around 4:55...

SAPPORO — The DNA of a bear killed on Friday matches that of the bear that killed a 52-year-old n...

SAPPORO — A brown bear was culled by hunters in the early hours of Friday in the town of Fukushim...

NARA — An 80-year-old woman was attacked by a bear outside of her home in Gojo, southern Nara Pre...

AKITA – The fruiting of beechnuts, one of the main food sources for bears, in Akita Prefecture th...