Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday, officials said, days after the government vowed to toughen measures because of a record year of deadly assaults by the animals.

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Japan is having its deadliest year ever for bear attacks. Eight people have been killed and 100 injured. Last week, a bear ...

Japan has seen a marked increase in bear attacks in 2025 — including seven fatal attacks, up from 5 fatal bear deaths in 2024 ...

The figures do not include a suspected bear attack involving a 60-year-old hot spring worker who went missing on Thursday ...

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

A bear rampaged through the sushi section of a supermarket in central Japan Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks that ...

Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon ...

Japan's new Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara called the bear attacks "a big problem, a serious problem".

A New Zealand man living in Japan has revealed the moment his arm was ‘snapped off’ in a gruesome bear attack.

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