A bear that ran amok in a supermarket in northern Japan has been caught two days after it attacked a worker, the latest in a surge of encounters between bears and people in the country. The bear ...

A bear that rampaged through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, local officials said. The animal was trapped and later killed on Monday, police said.

Supermarket staff in Akita, Japan, were forced to abandon their store on Saturday morning when a bear broke into the premises, attacked an employee and raided the meat counter. The 1-metre Asiatic ...