The Japanese government plans to revise the law to allow municipalities to authorize "emergency shootings" by hunters when animals enter populated areas, a source close to the matter said, amid a rise ...

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 ...

northern Japan. She sustained injuries to her face and arms. On the same day, a bear attacked and injured a man in his 50s who was walking his dog on a mountain road in the central prefecture of ...

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 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 ...

And in Asahikawa City in Hokkaido, northern Japan, officials are analyzing the DNA of fur and droppings left at the sites of bear sightings at four corn fields. The analysis found that the corn ...

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 ...