Japanese forces tracked Chinese ships and aircraft transiting through Japan’s southwest region during the same period, while ...

A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy ...

Japanese soldiers are on the offensive in northern Japan — not against the North Koreans or other foreign enemy, but against a beast in his native habitat: the Asian black bear. Japan’s Ground ...

In this photo provided by the Japan Self-Defense Forces Akita Camp, Self-Defense forces personnel unload a bear cage from a military truck in JSDF Akita Camp, Akita, northern Japan, Thursday, Oct. 30, ...

Japan is planning to send in its army to help fight bears after a spate of killings by the wild beasts. Some 73 people have been killed or injured by the animals this month in the area of Akita, in ...

Japan’s military deployed troops to the country’s mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks. The ...

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Japan sent soldiers to its northern mountains Wednesday after bears killed 13 people and injured nearly 100 others since April. The Self-Defense Force arrived in Akita Prefecture with bear spray, ...

For the past year, a pilot program run by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has been producing frozen, bento-style meals at Yokota – designed to travel far beyond the reach of traditional ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita. Cuba releases details ...