OBIRA, Hokkaido ... bear seemed to be eating something by a frozen river bank on Jan. 7. When the driver later drove by the area in his car, bear tracks indicated the animal had crossed the road ...

NEMURO, Hokkaido—A “higuma” brown bear was caught on video attacking a light truck on a forest road here on April 28. The driver, in his 50s, was on his way to pick wild vegetables when the ...