A bear which has likely attacked four people in Akita Prefecture remains holed up in a residence as of the morning of Oct. 24 ...

TOKYO: Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday (Oct 24), officials said, days after the government vowed to toughen measures because of a record year of deadly assaults by ...

A survey has found about 70 percent of bear attacks on human beings have occurred in areas where people conduct their daily ...

THE nation's new environment minister has vowed tougher measures after bear attacks killed a record nine people this year.

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia has warned Japan it can’t guarantee supply thanks to a trade spat between The Hague and Beijing. The ...

The Sapporo municipal government decided Friday to authorize the emergency use of firearms against two brown bears that had been spotted around a park in the city’s Nishi Ward multiple times since ...

Four people were injured in what is believed to be a bear attack in the village of Higashi-Naruse, Akita Prefecture, on ...

More than a few popular snack foods in the U.S. come from other countries. From Japan to Switzerland, these are some of the most popular foreign snacks.

As a judge, our task is to assess the bartenders’ skills, which means tasting 30 cocktails (each contestant makes three in ...

The Japanese government is committed to concluding a peace treaty with Russia, despite the difficult state of bilateral relations, the country's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in her inaugural ...