Authorities in Japan said three people were killed by bears in the span of one week, including one elderly man who was ...

Seven people have died since April this year - the highest number since figures started being recorded in 2006, officials say ...

TOKYO: Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday (Oct 17) aged 101, officials said.Murayama issued the 1995 ...

Reports of bear attacks in Japan, including in residential neighbourhoods, have become more common in recent years.

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

Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a ...

Japan is currently dealing with an unprecedented rise in the number of bear attacks on humans due to a variety of factors that have led to a spike in ...

Bears have killed a record number of people in Japan this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday just as another ...

The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...

Less than a year ago, Yuichiro Tamaki was fighting to retain the leadership of his own opposition party amid reports of an ...

Japan's lower house scheduling committee board has agreed to hold a parliamentary vote to select the next prime minister on October 21, a senior ...