Even when bears hole themselves up in populated areas, hunters are not allowed to shoot without being given the green ... a bear rampaged through a supermarket in northern Japan for two days ...

SUNAGAWA, Hokkaido--A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had been ...

Bear attacks in Japan are on the rise, with the number of incidents reaching a record high for the period from April to July this year. Amid the escalating cases, the environmental ministry is ...

And in Asahikawa City in Hokkaido, northern Japan, officials are analyzing the DNA of fur and droppings left at the sites of bear sightings at four corn fields. The analysis found that the corn ...

Even when bears hole themselves up in populated areas, hunters are not allowed to shoot without being given the green ... a bear rampaged through a supermarket in northern Japan for two days ...