As of the end of November, 235 bear attacks had killed 13 people across Japan this year, both the highest figures since ...

A village near Kita-Akita and Ani districts close to forests shared by humans and bears, in Akita prefecture, northern Japan.

AKITA, Japan -- It was a crisp autumn morning in the northern Japanese region of Akita, and people were on edge. Commuters -- some wearing bells, some carrying cans of repellent spray -- walked ...

Japan sent soldiers to its northern mountains Wednesday after bears killed 13 people and injured nearly 100 others since April. The Self-Defense Force arrived in Akita Prefecture with bear spray, ...

A Japanese governor wants soldiers to hunt bears after the animals killed one person and injured dozens more this year. Akita prefecture Governor Kenta Suzuki asked for military assistance Sunday as ...

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Akita, a mountainous northern prefecture, has called for the military’s help to protect residents from an unprecedented wave of bear attacks.