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 ...

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 ...

Disclaimer: While this article is based on bear-ifiable facts, it does contain some sharp claws of satire. A prefecture in central Japan will begin using artificial intelligence to identify and ...

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 ...

A bear entered a supermarket in northeastern Japan and mauled a man who worked there. Police said the 47-year-old employee suffered head and facial injuries, but was listed in a stable condition ...

A research team from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has successfully captured footage of an Asian black bear attacking a live deer caught in a trap — marking the first such ...

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 ...

Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] Sightings of a very large bear in northwest Hokkaido have triggered alarm in remote communities that have become synonymous with the ...

In contrast, the "Opilio species," which is mainly caught in South Korea and Japan, is a popular variety in Japan. In South ...