Japan saw a record 13 deaths linked to bears last year.

One Japanese city is taking no chances after a series of bear sightings this week, closing nearly 100 schools as officials ...

A wandering bear that scared residents of a Japanese city just north of Tokyo has been captured after several days of panic ...

The bear sightings had forced the closure of all 94 public primary and middle schools in a city just north of Tokyo.

The adult bear, which was estimated to weigh about 100 kg, was eventually shot with a tranquilizer gun, loaded onto a cage on ...

Local authorities responded swiftly when a bear entered an urban area in Japan, an occurrence without precedent in that city.

The wild bear had been spotted wandering near a high school, a uni campus and a commercial car park in a heavily-populated ...

Police and hunters in Utsunomiya, 100km north of the capital, resume their search for animal that is not usually seen so close to Tokyo ...

A bear that injured four people in Fukushima, Japan, this week has escaped, according to local officials. Fukushima Mayor ...

The bear had earlier attacked four people in an industrial part of Fukushima, in Japan's north-east.

This week, a town north of Tokyo shut down nearly 100 schools following a spate of bear sightings. In another Japanese town last week, a bear attacked four people, opened a water tap and unlatched a ...

Amid a record number of lethal bear attacks, Japan has a secret weapon. Meet "Monster Wolf".