A torn, bloodied shirt was found, local news media said, quoting police. A wallet, hat and watch were also located.

A 26-year-old man was found dead on a mountain of Japan's northernmost island on Friday, one day after the hiker was reported ...

A hiker in his 20s was reportedly killed by a brown bear on a Mount Rausu trail in Japan, prompting trail closures and ...

Officials in Japan said a body found on a mountain is that of a missing hiker who was attacked by a brown bear.

A wild brown bear attacked and dragged a young hiker into a forest in northern Japan, leaving him missing a day later, police ...

Japanese police say they have confirmed that the body found on Mount Rausu in Hokkaido is that of a climber who went missing ...

An apparent bear attack has left a 73-year-old woman injured in the head and face in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

More and more wild bears have been spotted in residential areas in Japan in recent years, resulting in a rising number of attacks and deaths.

A female brown bear and her cub hunt for salmon at the mouth of a river in the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2013.

Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported that flights were briefly halted at the local Sapporo Okadama airport after the bear intruded onto the runway, while some schools also reportedly closed.

The Japan Bear and Forest Society said that a shortage of food, such as acorns and salmon, along with ageing and depopulating villages in the countryside were making bears venture closer to human ...

A hiker attacked by a wild brown bear was found dead in northern Japan on Friday, officials said, a day after the bloody ...