A record-breaking year in Japan in terms of bear-related incidents, with over 200 attacks reported, has prompted authorities to consider changes in the law. The new regulations will allow hunters ...

SUNAGAWA, Hokkaido--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 ...

The incident comes about eight years after a karate black belt fended off a charging brown bear while he was fishing in Japan, the Mainichi newspaper reported. That man suffered bite and claw ...

Bear attacks on humans are increasing at an unprecedented rate, with 54 incidents reported nationwide in the four months to July, according to the environment ministry. The figure so far is the ...

A man in rural Japan found a bear snuggled up in his living room, local media reported Tuesday, as the government prepares to relax laws on shooting the fearsome creatures. Reports said a man in ...

The latest finding in Japan is not the first time that human and bear bones have been confused: A bone found in a cave in Alaska in the 1990s was once thought to be from a bear, but new research ...

A bear measuring about 90 centimeters from head to tail was found in the living room of a house belonging to a man in his 60s in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Monday evening, local police said.

Bear attacks are on the rise in Japan with a record 219 incidents — including six fatalities — reported during the last fiscal year. As the animals emerge from hibernation and fossick for food ...

and that the femoral head fossil is also bear bone,” said the authors in the paper. Ironically, the now-falsified finding helped energize Japanese paleontology and archeologists. The explanatory text ...

Starting January 30, 2025, players can enjoy a chocolate-themed limited-time story inspired by Japan's unique Valentine's tradition. The event also features a special Gacha with Gloomy Bear in a ...