Police in Japan can from Thursday use rifles to shoot bears after strict gun laws were revised to help authorities battle a spate of fatal attacks that also prompted the US embassy in Tokyo to issue a ...

Japan’s police began a campaign to cull bears after amended rules permitting them the use of rifles to kill the animals took effect on Thursday amid near-daily attacks. Japan is reeling from an ...

Japan will allow riot police to shoot bears with rifles in a revision of its strict gun laws announced on Thursday as authorities battle a record number of fatal attacks.