Fatal bear attacks in Japan have reached a record high this year, according to the Japanese Environment Ministry. Eleven ...

The Japanese government has announced plans to hire hunters to stop a recent rise of bear attacks in the country.

The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over the rise a sharp rise in ...

Bear attacks in Japan reach historic levels as poor harvests and shrinking hunter population create wildlife crisis in ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...

In the past six months, there have been four times the number of people killed by bears compared with last year, and the Japanese government wants to hire hunters to help cull the animals.

Japanese authorities are setting aside funds for hiring hunters amid a rise in wild bear attacks. The environment ministry ...

Since April, nine people across Japan have died in bear attacks, the highest toll ever recorded in a single year, according ...

Hunting associations have called for compensation rules and sums to be standardised. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to recruit hunters to control the bears population, as anxiety grows in the ...

The governor of Akita prefecture pleaded for help after a bear killed one person and injured three other people amid a record number of attacks across the country this year.