Japan's Defense Ministry is arranging to send Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist in the ...

The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over the rise a sharp rise in ...

A drill for capturing bears has been held at a camp of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force in Akita Prefecture. Our site uses ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...

Hunting associations have called for compensation rules and sums to be standardised. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The governor of Japan's northeastern prefecture of Akita said Monday that he will visit the Defense Ministry to request assis ...

The troops will provide logistical support, such as setting up box traps and transporting bears that have been euthanised.

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

JAPAN is in the grip of a terrifying bear crisis – with soldiers now being called in to help tackle an unprecedented wave of fatal attacks. The latest victim, 79-year-old Kiyo Goto, was ...

As bears have descended into city banks and university campuses, resulting in a series of casualties, the Japanese government ...

Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

Additionally, troops will be sent to the Akita Prefecture — an area in northern Japan — to help set traps and dispose of bear ...