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Japan

Hokkaido Miyagi Prefecture Kyushu Aichi Prefecture Tohoku Akita Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Kanto Region Northern Japan Mie Prefecture

Japan Reports Record 196 Bear-Attack Victims Through October as Government Expands Response

Officials link the surge to scarce beech nuts, a growing bear population, fewer rural hunters.

Japan Authorizes Police Rifles in Bear Incidents as Government Taps Retirees for Emergency Response

Suspected Bear Mauling Leaves 79-Year-Old Dead in Akita as Same-Morning Attacks Reported

Japan Parties Approve Year‑End Repeal of Gasoline Surtax, Funding Gap Looms

Crown Prince Fumihito, Princess Kiko Visit 64th Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Festival in Tokyo

Ofunato Wildfire Loss Tops ¥10 Billion as Forest Damage Set at ¥5.94 Billion

Japan Tightens Bear Controls After New Attacks Push 2025 Deaths to Record High

Japan’s Flu Season Starts Early: Okinawa Issues Advisory as COVID Cases Decline

Typhoon Halong Soaks Japan’s Izu Islands, Then Accelerates Into the North Pacific

Crown Prince Akishino Urges Coastal Forest Stewardship at National Tree-Nurturing Festival in Miyagi

Japan Reports Suspected Bear Attacks: One Dead, One Missing in Miyagi, Nagano Fatality

Earthquake Uplift Pushes Ishikawa Past Fukui in Prefectural Area Ranking

Kyushu Faces Local Heat Danger as WBGT Flags Risk Despite No Alerts

JMA Outlook: Warm October–November, Colder December With Sea of Japan Snow Risks

M3.8 Quake Shakes Suwanosejima as Tokara Swarm Persists

Japan Reports Record Summer Mountain Accidents at 808 Cases

Severe Rains and Heat Grip Japan as Sanyo Shinkansen Partly Suspended

Record Downpours Batter Tokyo, 1 Dead as Trains and Flights Disrupted

Sony Debuts 10-Minute Ghost of Yotei Landscape Video Ahead of Oct. 2 PS5 Launch

Tropical Storm Peipah Batters Japan With Twin Landfalls, Flooding and Mass Evacuations