AKITA—A bizarre standoff between police and ... the backroom of the Itoku Tsuchizaki Minato Store since the initial attack. Authorities decided to capture the animal by sealing off exits ...

Police have confimed that a gun was fired during an incident which saw officers called out to deal with two loose dogs reported to have been acting aggressively.

Between 9 and 9:30 that morning, police received calls about bear attacks around Akita’s Araya-Minamihamamachi and Araya-Kotobukimachi districts, near the mouth of the Omonogawa river.

Bear attacks are on the rise in Japan with a record ... was attacked by a 1-meter-long bear in a mountainous forest area in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. She sustained injuries to her face ...

A bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars decoupled, Kyodo News Agen ...