Bears have killed a record 13 people across Japan since April, with a steady flow of reports of the animals entering homes, roaming near schools and rampaging in supermarkets. Hajime Nakae, the country’s leading medical expert in treating bear attack victims, knows all too well the damage that the powerful animals can inflict on humans. Here, the professor of emergency and critical medicine at Akita University Hospital advises what to do in the event of a bear encounter. 1. Keep facing the...