A warning sign at the spot where a Spanish visitor was attacked by a bear cub last month in Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist site in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture, 15 November, 2025. Japan has seen the ...

Japan has deployed military personnel to the northern prefecture of Akita following a significant increase in bear attacks across the region. The animals have been sighted near schools, railway ...

Brown bears in some European countries were at risk of extinction in the 1990s (Picture: Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images) Nobody wants to encounter a bear on their holiday – especially if ...

Japan is reeling from an alarming surge in bear attacks as authorities scrambled to contain near-daily encounters of the animals invading homes, schools and even supermarkets. The latest wave of ...