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Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a ...

Bears have killed a record seven people in Japan this year, the highest since 2006 when the survey started, an environment ...

Bears have killed a record number of people in Japan this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday just as another ...

Seven people have died since April this year - the highest number since figures started being recorded in 2006, officials say ...

Bears hungry because of shortages of food such as acorns are encroaching more into towns where the human population is ageing ...

People in northeastern Japan are on the alert after a series of bear attacks. The incidents have occurred in places where ...

Police in northern Japan are investigating a suspected bear attack after an employee of a hot-spring spa went missing on ...

The scientists are developing an app to colour 1km blocks across Akita according to the likelihood of meeting a bear.

Bears have killed a record seven people this year, the highest since 2006 when the survey started, an environment ministry official said.

Morioka, Iwate Pref., Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--An onsen hot spring facility worker went missing on Thursday in the northeastern ...