Japan deployed troops to the country's rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged ...

Troops from the country's Self Defense Force arrived in the northern Akita Prefecture on Wednesday to combat a crisis that ...

Thirteen people have been killed and more than 100 injured since April amid a surge in bear encounters across northern Japan ...

Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya's brush with death began when he lifted the shutter of his garage and came face to face ...

TOKYO: Japan is trying to enlist retired police officers to fight bears as the nation battles a record wave of deadly attacks this year, a top official said Friday (Nov 14).Chief Cabinet Secretar ...

Following a spike in bear sightings and fatal attacks across Japan, the military was called in to help trap bears as local ...

Japan began deploying soldiers on Wednesday to a northern region hit by a spate of deadly bear attacks, which have risen to ...

Troops will help transport, set and inspect the box traps used to capture the bears, not the culling. Read more at ...

The defence ministry and Akita prefecture’s government signed an agreement on the troop dispatch on Wednesday afternoon, ...