Troops from the country's Self Defense Force arrived in the northern Akita Prefecture on Wednesday to combat a crisis that ...

Japan deployed troops to the country's rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged ...

The defence ministry and Akita prefecture’s government signed an agreement on the troop dispatch on Wednesday afternoon, ...

Japan is using its military to counter a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized the country in recent months.

Bears have showed up near schools, train stations, supermarkets and even a hot springs resort, with attacks by the animals ...

There have been more than 100 bear attacks with a record 12 people killed across Japan in the year since April, according to the environment ministry. Two-thirds of those deaths were in Akita ...

Japan sent troops on Wednesday to help quell a significant rise in bear attacks that have stoked fears among residents in a ...

Troops are being sent to the north of Japan to help contain a surge of bear attacks, which have killed at least 12 and ...

Pokrovsk is the latest in a string of grueling urban battles between Ukraine and Russia since the start of the war and bears ...

Soldiers not authorized to use firearms to kill bears, but rather to assist with logistics tasks - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to November 5, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to ...

More than 100 attacks, record 12 deaths since AprilClimate change, rural depopulation to blame, experts sayBlack bears, ...