Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army ...

SUNAGAWA, Japan >> 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 been ...

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 ...

STORY: In rural Japan a gunshot rings out. A bear slumps in a cage. "This brown bear got too close to a human community. It wasn't right here but over that way in the middle of the town and on the ...

The Japanese brown bear can be found on the island of Hokkaido [Getty Images] The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over a sharp rise in bear ...

The Japanese government is planning to recruit hunters to curb the recent rise of bear attacks in the country. “Bears have been appearing in supermarkets, and there’s a possibility that a bear may be ...