Marco Pozzi Photographer/Getty A hunter in Hokkaido, Japan, was declared missing after going out on a hunting trip on Mt.

A hiker in his 20s was reportedly killed by a brown bear on a Mount Rausu trail in Japan, prompting trail closures and ...

A torn, bloodied shirt was found, local news media said, quoting police. A wallet, hat and watch were also located.

The friend ran to help the victim and witnessed him trying to fight off the bear — before the animal dragged the victim into ...

A hiker attacked by a wild brown bear was found dead in northern Japan on Friday, officials said, a day after the bloody ...

A 26-year-old man was found dead on a mountain of Japan's northernmost island on Friday, one day after the hiker was reported ...

Local authorities killed a bear that mauled a supermarket employee in Japan after the bruin emerged from the store following a three-day standoff. On Saturday, a 47-year-old Itoku worker in Akita w… ...

Sato is among at least 212 people who survived what has been a record year for bear attacks in Japan, according to the Ministry of Environment. Six people have died. With a month of 2023 still to ...

Sato is among at least 212 people who survived what has been a record year for bear attacks in Japan, according to the Ministry of Environment. Six people have died.

Bear encounters in Japan have been on the rise from an estimated 4,800 in 2009 to over 20,000 in 2020, The Guardian reported, citing statistics from the Japanese environment ministry.

An Ussuri brown bear and a cub eat salmon after catching it from the beach of Sea of Okhotsk near the town of Rausu on September 28, 2019, in Hokkaido, Japan.

This amusement park featuring the beloved character Paddington Bear is now open to tourists in Japan. Located within Sagami Lake Resort about an hour outside downtown Tokyo, Paddington Town is ...