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One Dead in New Mauling as Japan’s Record Year of Bear Attacks Deepens

Authorities move to train government hunters following town incursions.

Magnitude 5.9 Quake Rattles Eastern Hokkaido, No Tsunami Threat

Mount Fuji Gets First Snowcap of the Season, Three Weeks Later Than Usual

Japan Ends Four-Month Export Slide With 4.2% September Gain, Missing Forecast

New Zealand Runner Survives Myoko Bear Mauling During Japan's Bear Surge

Former Wrestling Referee Katsumi Sasazaki Found Dead After Suspected Bear Mauling in Iwate

Japan Tightens Bear Controls After Record Attack Deaths

Ex-Nursing Home Worker, 22, Sent to Prosecutors in Saitama Resident’s Killing

Nagano Court Sentences Masanori Aoki to Death for 2023 Quadruple Killing

Japanese Summers Have Lengthened by About Three Weeks Since 1982, Study Finds

Remains of Girl Missing Since 2011 Japan Tsunami Identified After 14 Years

Kyoto Approves Steep Tiered Hotel Tax Hike, With Top Rate Reaching ¥10,000 a Night From 2026

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

Bear Injures Two in Japan Supermarket as Suspected Mauling Reported in Iwate

Bear Enters Gunma Supermarket, Injures Two Before Fleeing

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