The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over the rise a sharp rise in ...

Japan boosts funding to hire hunters as bear attacks surge - Experts attribute rise in bear attacks to environmental and ...

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to recruit hunters to control the bears population, as anxiety grows in the ...

With the move, which pulls together more agencies than have previously been involved, authorities hope to cull bears that ...

In Japan, cases of people losing their lives or being injured in attacks by wild bears have surged to an unprecedented level.

In the past six months, there have been four times the number of people killed by bears compared with last year, and the Japanese government wants to hire hunters to help cull the animals.

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

This is a photo of a bear cub in a yard taken from inside a residence.The bear was seen shortly before 7 a.m. on ...

As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported ...

Land prices rose across Japan for a second straight year, with values in rural residential areas ending a three-decade decline, buoyed by low interest rates, factory construction and a tourism rebound ...

OTSUKI, Yamanashi (Kyodo) -- Japan's surge in bear attacks has forced the government to relax rules on "emergency shootings" in populated areas, amid concerns over whether municipalities can secure ...