As of the end of November, 235 bear attacks had killed 13 people across Japan this year, both the highest figures since ...

Police officers patrol the area where four people were reportedly attacked by a bear in Higashinaruse Village, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2025. (Hidenori Nagai / The Yomiuri Shimbun ...

AKITA - A bear entered a shopping mall of retail giant Aeon Co. in Akita Prefecture on Sunday, prompting staff to barricade the animal before authorities arrived to kill it. The incident took place ...

A village near Kita-Akita and Ani districts close to forests shared by humans and bears, in Akita prefecture, northern Japan.

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Akita, a mountainous northern prefecture, has called for the military’s help to protect residents from an unprecedented wave of bear attacks.

Japan is planning to send in its army to help fight bears after a spate of killings by the wild beasts. Some 73 people have been killed or injured by the animals this month in the area of Akita, in ...

AKITA, Japan -- It was a crisp autumn morning in the northern Japanese region of Akita, and people were on edge. Commuters -- some wearing bells, some carrying cans of repellent spray -- walked ...

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.

Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since comparable data became available in fiscal 2009, according to the Environment Ministry.

Bear attacks have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year, prompting emergency measures that make it easier for local governments to authorise hunters to shoot bears in populated areas.