Coming face to face with a wild bear isn’t ideal ... one while climbing on a rock ledge. The heart-stopping moment the climber — who was in Mount Futago in Japan — came across the black ...

A climber made headlines in October 2022 after he was forced to use his martial arts skills to fight off an enraged black bear that lunged at him repeatedly on a rock face on Japan's Mount Futago.

The animal was trapped and later killed on Monday, police said. Japan has a growing problem with bears, with a record six human fatalities from attacks and more than 9,000 of the animals killed in ...

Facing an alarming rise in bear attacks, Japan wants to make it easier to shoot the animals in residential areas - but hunters say it is too risky. In the year to April, there were a record 219 ...

Japan's cabinet approved a bill allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas at their own discretion after human encounters with the wild animals hit record levels. Across the country ...

Katsuo Harada is all too familiar with the devastating might of Japan's bears after one almost killed him during a deer hunting trip. The deep scars on his face and missing eye serve as a ...