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 ...

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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 ...

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

Officials in Japan say deaths from bear attacks are ion the rise, partly due to climate change related migration impacts in ...

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