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Bear Enters Gunma Supermarket, Injures Two Before Fleeing

Local authorities are treating the attack as part of a broader rise in bear encounters.

Bear Cub Scratches Spanish Tourist at Japan’s Shirakawa-go

Two Suspected Fatal Bear Attacks in Japan; Tourist Injured in Separate Encounter

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

Shutdown Disrupts U.S. Bases in Japan and South Korea as Festivals and School Activities Are Called Off

Reports Point to Toyota Teaming With Mazda on Next GR86 Using MX-5 Platform

Apple Reopens Reimagined Four-Story Ginza Flagship in Tokyo

Tokyo Worlds Close With Record 53 Nations on Podium as Duplantis Sets 6.30m World Record

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

United 737 Diverts to Osaka After Cargo Fire Alert; Two Hurt in Evacuation

World Athletics Moves Tokyo Marathons and Race Walks to 7:30 a.m. to Counter Heat

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 Opens Saturday for Nine Days of Global Competition

Red-Copper Moon Seen Across Japan in Early-Morning Total Lunar Eclipse

Osaka–Kansai Expo Sets Single-Day Record of 200,000 Visitors as Crowds Build Toward Closing

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

Mother Dies in Enoshima Drowning as Elementary-School Son Remains Critical

Japan’s Hottest Summer Declared Abnormal Weather by JMA Analysis Panel

China Confirms Hottest Summer on Record as Asia Sets New Highs and France Ranks Third-Warmest

South Korean Man Arrested in Tokyo Over Girlfriend’s Fatal Stabbing

Japan Activates Emergency Bear-Shooting Law as Minister Moves to Reassure Hunters