Airport staff used a car to chase it away and closed the runway again, with the bear still at large somewhere in the facility.

Japanese family crests known as kamon were first used by the aristocracy over a thousand years ago, but over time they were adopted by samurai, merchants, and many others. Today, there are thought ...

A bear shot dead is carried in Sapporo, northern Japan, Friday, June 18, 2021 after running loose all night in the city. It wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at ...

MAEBASHI, Japan, Sept. 2 (UPI) --A Japanese fisherman called upon his martial arts skills after being attacked by a large bear near a local river. According to The Straits Times, the 6-foot tall ...

Using only his bare hands to fend off the beast, the 63-year-old told a Japanese broadcaster: "I thought it's either 'I kill him or he kills me'." "The bear was so strong and it knocked me down.

The Japanese city of Takikawa is using robot wolves to prevent bear attacks. Bear encounters have been on the rise as cities have grown and acorns — a key part of black bears’ pre-hibernation ...