A man in his 70s who went missing after heading into woodland to harvest mushrooms in Iwate, Japan, was found dead following a horrifying bear attack

A bear injured four people in a Japanese residential area on Tuesday in the latest case of an attack by the animals in an area of the country where bears have increasingly encroached on the human population in recent years.

A ferocious bear was seen trying to rip a tourist who tried to feed the beast out of a car in a vicious attack that left the man with serious wounds, according to shocking new video. The point-of-view clip shows the driver,

For months now, Japan has been working tirelessly to figure out how to stop the rash of bear attacks on its citizens across the country. It was only back in October when authorities discovered three dead bodies in one week,

Video shows a young man being chased and then knocked to the ground by a bear outside a workplace in Fukushima, Japan. It’s part of a frightening rise in bear attacks across Japan. NBC News’ Camila Bernal reports on what’s behind the attacks.

A bear attack was caught on camera in Romania after a tourist reportedly stopped to feed the animal. Romanian police confirmed they were reviewing this footage.

The bear whacked a 70-year-old and knocked her down while she was extinguishing a fire in her backyard last Friday night.

A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation.