Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya's brush with death began when he lifted the shutter of his garage and came face to face with a black bear waiting on the other side. "We locked eyes in silence," ...

An operation to manage wild brown bears has begun in a town in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where a fatal bear attack occurred ...

KITA-AKITA, Akita Prefecture—Keiji Minatoya saw part of his own skull reflected back at him in a mirror after he was finally able to escape from a bear mauling him just outside his home. It was two ...

SAPPORO--Shinichiro Ando, the victim of a vicious bear attack a few years ago, says insufficient support measures have exacerbated the pain he continues to suffer. Human encounters with bears have ...

A surge in bear sightings and attacks on people has shaken Japan, with the northern prefectures of Tōhoku particularly affected. Ohnishi Naoki of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute’s ...

A woman was sent to hospital unconscious after an apparent bear attack outside a facility for people with disabilities, police said on Friday. More and more wild bears have been spotted in residential ...

Two Japanese black bears, believed to be a mother and her cub, are seen on the Hachimantai Aspite Line in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, in this Aug. 8, 2022, file photo. (Mainichi/Takeyuki Sato) TOKYO (AP ...

MAEBASHI -- A 58-year-old hiker sustained minor injuries after he was attacked by a bear on Mount Inamura in the Gunma Prefecture city of Annaka on Nov. 8. A local hospital notified Gunma Prefectural ...

米ホワイトハウスは16日、トランプ大統領が事実上封鎖状態にあるホルムズ海峡を通過 する船舶護衛への協力を求め、欧州同盟国などと協議して‌いると明らかにした。ただ、多くの同盟国が当地への軍艦派遣に慎重姿勢を維持している。