Police in northern Japan found four people who were victims of an apparent bear attack near a village office in Akita ...

Bears have attacked tourists, entered stores and appeared near schools and parks, particularly in northern regions.

Bear cub injures Spanish tourist at Japan heritage village - Bear cub emerged from bushes to attack man taking photoghraphs ...

A man was killed and three others were believed to have been seriously injured in a bear attack near a village office in ...

As depopulation deepens around the world, a small village in Japan turns to puppets to stitch their community back together. Ichinono is only one of several “doll villages” in Japan where life-sized ...

Museums contain artifacts of the past that are both interesting and informative; a great chance to learn. But for a chance to see, and perhaps even experience, Japan’s folk life of the pre-modern ...

Japanese authorities have evacuated a small island village after the region was jolted by over 1,000 earthquakes in less than two weeks. Authorities issued evacuation orders on Thursday after the ...

A villager on the country’s northeastern coast repurposed rubble from the 2011 natural disaster to create Shiome, a community ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The annual Summer Fest held at Japan Village in Brooklyn officially returns on August 23, offering a fun-filled day full of food, games, and cultural performances. This year, ...

KAMIJIMA, Ehime -- Murals of popular manga on vacant houses and public facilities have turned a remote island with a population of 11 in the Seto Inland Sea into a new tourist destination as a manga ...

An ambulance up for decommissioning after 10 years of service has a new lease of life in a village thousands of kilometers ...