SUNAGAWA, Hokkaido--A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had been ...

[2] There have been multiple sightings of a brown bear, estimated to be around two ... confrontation between animals and human settlers in Japanese history. [4] Concerns that another powerful ...

The oldest human fossils on Japan's mainland were found in a limestone quarry near Hamakita, 40 km east of Ushikawa.

a popular destination in Minami Ward among sightseers in Sapporo as well as visitors from other parts of Japan and overseas. A sign warning of “a brown bear sighting near the entrance to a ...

shows beyond a doubt that the bones are from an ancient brown bear, Suwa said in an email. He added that the bones of bears were rarely found in archaeological sites in Japan from this time ...

A study has found that what scientists thought were the oldest human fossils found in Japan are the bones of a brown bear. Image: Monument to Ushikawa man. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia ...

Bear attacks in Japan are on the rise ... Officials in Hokkaido say the estimated number of Ussuri brown bears in the prefecture has reached 11,700 and is on the rise. Experts say the population ...

Japan is facing a concerning and unprecedented surge in bear attacks, leaving experts and authorities scrambling to find solutions. In April 2023, bear-related incidents resulted in at least 158 ...

A pair of bears picked the wrong person to mess with Thursday in Japan when they approached a 50-year-old karate practitioner only to be kicked away, police and media said, marking the latest in a ...

NAGOYA, JAPAN—The Mainichi reports that the Middle ... The study suggests that the fossils likely came from a brown bear. “As bear bones more than 20,000 years old, they are also of great ...

Formerly hunted for its hides, meat, and as a big game trophy, the brown bear’s most severe threats are currently habitat destruction and persecution. Brown bears were pursued extensively due to their ...