Akita Prefecture's online map consolidates reports of sightings and incidents while the city of Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Until bears settle in for the winter, people should remain vigilant on roads, even in urban areas, following a record number of bear sightings in Japan earlier this year.

Until bears settle in for the winter, people should remain vigilant on roads, even in urban areas, following a record number of bear sightings in Japan earlier this year. Conventional wisdom suggests ...

However, amid an increase in bear sightings and reports of bear attacks, that 30-year conservation policy is now in jeopardy.

Bear attacks on humans are increasing at an unprecedented rate, with 54 incidents reported nationwide in the four months to July, according to the environment ministry. The figure so far is the ...

TOKYO -- Regardless of working hours, many men in marriages barely do any housework, showing that women still bear the brunt ...

King Charles is celebrating his third birthday since becoming monarch, and is treating it as a normal working day ...

A Japanese organization made up of survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs is getting well-deserved attention ...

A Japanese organization made up of survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs is getting well-deserved attention ...

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Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] Sightings of a very large bear in northwest Hokkaido have triggered alarm in remote communities that have become synonymous with the ...