Japan Railways Group companies are upgrading measures to protect their workers from bear attacks after a record number of ...

The Akita Prefectural Government has announced that a high-level delegation, led by Governor Kenta Suzuki, will embark on a ...

A family in northern Japan called the police after finding a bear in their kitchen, an official said on Wednesday, as anxiety over the furry animals grows following a surge in deadly maulings.

Houseguests are fine to invite over when you’re putting together a fireworks show at home. But when that guest is a bear, and ...

Climate change and shifting demographics are driving the country’s Asiatic black bears closer to humans. By Claire Moses The ...

A quarter of Japan's municipalities saw their population decline by more than 10 percent between 2020 and 2025, Kyodo News analysis of census data showed Sunday. Significant depopulation often leads ...

In an astonishing scene from Berezniki, Russia, Natalia Korotova casually interacts with an American Akita puppy and a ...

Japan's space agency said on Saturday its prototype reusable rocket successfully completed the first lift-off and landing test, marking a step forward in the cost-cutting technology dominated by ...

With the move to permit culling in the capital, authorities are hoping to put pressure on the wild animal and avert ...

AKITA, Japan - Four northeastern Japan prefectures are forecast to have a bountiful supply of beech nuts this fall, the primary food source for bears, local forest authorities said Tuesday, after the ...

The group of four was stranded for over three hours after one of them spotted a bear about 50m ahead on a trail while ...

On the one hand, we see them as endearing, cuddly creatures, immortalised as objects of childhood comfort in the form of ...