NHK has learned that a bustling entertainment district in Akita City, northern Japan, in October saw a decline in its number ...

Japan has deployed troops to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in ...

The UK Foreign Office has issued a strong 'danger of death' travel warning for those planning trips to this famously safe ...

A steel company in this northern Japan city has received an influx of orders from local government officials and others for ...

Authorities concluded that a smaller animal had inflicted the wounds on the body of the woman, who was in her 70s, after her ...

One more teddy bear dog breed you'll love are Finnish Laphunds. They are often employed as hard-working reindeer herders and ...

Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Shirakawa when he was a ...

A woman was found dead in a rice field of a suspected bear attack in Akita Prefecture on Sunday while a bear made its way ...

Japan has named Yuzawa City in Akita as the first site of the Geothermal Frontier Project, where JOGMEC will carry out ...

The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan released a wildlife alert on Nov. 12, warning Americans visiting northern Japan to ...

At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured in bear attacks in one country since this April.

Bear attacks in Japan are becoming more serious this autumn. Many events have been canceled, and tourist spots are taking ...