The oldest human fossils on Japan's mainland were found in a limestone quarry near Hamakita, 40 km east of Ushikawa.

According to a study, what scientists thought were the oldest human fossils found in Japan are actually the bones of a brown bear.

With bear attacks on humans at a record level ... government subsidies for culling and research purposes. “Higuma” brown bears and “tsukinowaguma” Asiatic black bears were included ...

Japan is facing a concerning and unprecedented surge in bear attacks, leaving experts and authorities scrambling to find solutions. In April 2023, bear-related incidents resulted in at least 158 ...

Fossils once thought to represent the earliest known human remains from the country turn out to be from another animal.

Katsuo Harada keeps in his possession the skull of a brown bear that nearly killed him 23 years ago. The skull’s jaw is movable, allowing Harada to show how the bear’s teeth, including its ...

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shows beyond a doubt that the bones are from an ancient brown bear, Suwa said in an email. He added that the bones of bears were rarely found in archaeological sites in Japan from this time ...