A bear injured four people in a Japanese residential area on Tuesday in the latest case of an attack by the animals in an area of the country where bears have increasingly encroached on the human population in recent years.

A bear entered a steel manufacturing plant in Fukushima, Japan, and injured four workers before disappearing into the industrial complex.

Japan has been grappling with a record number of bear attacks, which experts said was because of a shrinking human population, a growing bear population and a lack of food, made worse when the animals emerge from hibernation.

Bear attacks have surged in Japan, with a record number of fatal incidents in the fiscal year of 2025 ― and this year has already seen several deaths. But there's a new difference. What was once a regional,

"Monster Wolf" is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals.

California couple fight off bear attack with just a water bottle and a hatchet - The bear began ‘biting and clawing’ the woman as she tried to prevent it from attacking her dogs, officials say

An exceptionally clever bear in Japan has made an extraordinary escape after attacking four people in the city of Fukushima, Japanese media reported on Friday. The animal was holed up in a factory in