Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan could be looking at another surge in bear attacks in the near future, researchers cautioned, after a new survey found that ...

ODATE, Japan — Before students can come out to play at his school, Yoji Hikage has to give the all clear. Hikage, a kindergarten principal in Japan’s Akita prefecture, has been on patrol every day ...

For residents of Akita Prefecture, a largely rural region in northern Japan, opening the front door can be a frightening experience. Last year, some people were confronted by an unexpected visitor: an ...

Japan could be looking at another surge in bear attacks in the near future, researchers cautioned, after a new survey found that the harvest of a type of nuts that the animals favoured could dwindle ...