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 ...

SUNAGAWA, Hokkaido--A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had been ...

A 58-year-old man has been killed in a suspected bear attack in Japan. Construction worker Yasuhiro Kobayashi was found in a forest in Nagano Prefecture on Friday afternoon. He had large wounds on ...