Bear attacks are on the rise in Japan. Dozens of injuries and several deaths have been reported this year. Many bears are coming down from their mountain habitats and entering residential areas.

The number of people killed by bear attacks in Japan from April to early this month totaled seven, surpassing the six ...

As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported ...

A bear appears to have killed a man picking mushrooms in a Japanese forest, police said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

The bear appeared near a residential area in Kagitori, Taihaku Ward, in the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, ...

This was the third case nationwide in which a municipal government authorised such an action. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Following a spate of injuries from bear attacks in residential areas, a research team at Japan's Sophia University has ...

An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a supermarket in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers while ...

In Japan, soaring land prices are creating the impression that it's hard to buy a condominium or house. But others think the ...

A Spanish tourist was injured after a bear attacked him at the Unesco World Heritage site of Shirakawa-go in Japan ’s Gifu prefecture on Sunday morning, local authorities said. The man received a ...

Land prices rose across Japan for a second straight year, with values in rural residential areas ending a three-decade decline, buoyed by low interest rates, factory construction and a tourism rebound ...