One of the factors for human injuries and deaths caused by bears is the expansion of its habitats. Read more at ...

The DNA of a bear killed on Friday matches that of the bear that killed a 52-year-old newspaper deliveryman in a residential ...

Hokkaido on Saturday issued a strong warning of brown bears across one of its towns following a fatal attack on a newspaper ...

A safety drill simulating a bear attack took place in Tochigi. This followed a tragic incident in Fukushima where a newspaper ...

The bear was spotted in the morning near the first tee at the Meiji Yasuda Ladies tournament at Sendai Classic Golf Club, a ...

As bear-related injuries rise in Japan, an insurance company is offering to cover local governments for damages related to ...

Residents of a town in Hokkaido, northern Japan, are still on the alert for a brown bear, days after an attack there left one ...

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance said Thursday that it will sell to local governments a policy to cover property damage ...

Japan steps up bear safety measures after recent attacks In response to bear attacks across Japan, police and local hunters ...

A bear was spotted on a golf course in northeastern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Wednesday, prompting organizers of a women's ...

An elderly woman in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, suffered non-life-threatening injuries after she was attacked by a bear.

Yamagata Airport in Higashine, Japan closed its runway after a black bear was seen roaming the area. Officials attempted to chase the bear off the runway to no avail, causing air traffic controllers ...