The increasing number of bears in Japan poses a problem for the population. The city of Hida is using drones to keep bears away.

Bear attacks are on the rise in Japan, and officials in Gifu Prefecture have an unusual solution: a bright pink, 3-foot-wide drone equipped with two googly-eyes, a large megaphone and firecracker launchers bolted onto the wings. Cara Angeline Oliver has more.

For the first time, Japanese army has held drills to shoot down drones. The development has come at a time when new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is expected to prioritise military preparedness considering Chinese aggression in the region.

The U.S. issued a travel warning for Japan as the country deals with an increase in bear attacks, particularly in a historic village frequented by tourists. NBC News' Marquise Francis reports on how Japanese officials are turning to bells and drones to act as bear deterrents.

When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass.

Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Shirakawa when he was a child.

A Tokyo-based tech giant claims to have created the first drone in the world to induce and guide lightning strikes. Like Zeus on his winged chariot, or – more realistically – a flying lightning rod, the drone can trigger bolts of electricity from ...