* Japanese name: Nihon Tsukinowa-guma * Scientific name: Ursus thibetanus japonicus * Description: This is the largest animal in Japan, apart from the Hokkaido brown bear, 110-130 cm tall when ...

An Environment Ministry study estimated Japan’s black bear population at between 12,300 and 19,100 in 2011, but the numbers may have risen since then — at least until the latest spate of killings.

11-year-olds Martha, Irene and Gigi and nine-year-old Coco arrived at Manor Wildlife Park in St Florence from France on ...

The country has two types of bears: moon bears and the larger brown bear, which can weigh half a tonne (1,100 pounds), outrun a human and, in Japan, only lives in the main northern island of Hokkaido.