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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

The Japanese government has said it will renew measures to deal with the rising number of bear attacks nationwide — 12 of them fatal — as more bears are seen roaming around residential areas in the north of the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/society/bears-government-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #animals #localgovernments #bears #shinjirokoizumi #norikazusuzuki #yoheimatsumoto #minorukihara #sdf

The Japan Times

Japan’s government ramps up bear control efforts amid rise in attacks

With the move, which pulls together more agencies than have previously been involved, authorities hope to cull bears that enter residential areas more quickly and accurately.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

The governor of Akita Prefecture asked the Defense Ministry on Tuesday to send in Self-Defense Forces personnel to help deal with a "truly dire" spate of deadly bear attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/akita-governor-sdf-bears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #akita #kentasuzuki #bears #sdf #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi

The Japan Times

Akita governor asks for SDF help amid 'dire' bear attacks

Bears have killed a record 10 people in Japan so far this year, a government official confirmed.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Akita is considering asking for the deployment of Self-Defense Forces troops following a spate of bear attacks across the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/akita-may-request-sdf-for-bears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #akita #bears #sdf

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday, officials said, days after the government vowed to toughen measures because of a record year of deadly assaults by the animals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/japan-bear-attacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japan's new environment minister vowed tougher measures after bear attacks in the country killed a record nine people this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/japan-measures-record-bear-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #animals #bears

The Japan Times

Japan vows tougher measures after record bear attack deaths

Bears have been increasingly encroaching into towns where the human population is greying and dwindling.
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

LA Times: Wild bear breaks into California zoo, is found communing with the captive bears

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-21/wild-bear-visits-bear-exhibit-sequoia-park-zoo-eureka

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Wild bear breaks into California zoo, is found communing with the captive bears

A wild black bear took a jaunt around a Northern California zoo and was spotted visiting its bear neighbors.
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

LA Times: Wild bear breaks into California zoo, is found communing with the captive bears

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-21/wild-bear-visits-bear-exhibit-sequoia-park-zoo-eureka

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Los Angeles Times

Wild bear breaks into California zoo, is found communing with the captive bears

A wild black bear took a jaunt around a Northern California zoo and was spotted visiting its bear neighbors.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A 60-year-old hot-spring facility worker has gone missing in Iwate Prefecture in a possible bear attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/onsen-worker-missing-bear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #iwate #onsen #japanesepolice

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Onsen worker missing in possible bear attack in Iwate

Police officers found blood on a rock near the entrance of an outdoor hot-spring area and under nearby fences.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

this is the first time that a bear has been killed under the revised wildlife protection and management law, which took effect in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/sendai-bear-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sendai #miyagi #japanesepolice #bears #environmentministry #hunting

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Bear shot in city of Sendai under revised law

The bear appeared near a residential area in Kagitori, Taihaku Ward, in the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture,
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Fall in Japan is being marked by a surge in bear attacks to historic highs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/japan-bear-attacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #environmentministry

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A bear appears to have killed a man picking mushrooms in a forest in Iwate Prefecture, local police said Friday, the latest in a spate of suspected confrontations that could set a record if confirmed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/apparent-bear-attack-kills-man-in-iwate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #japanesepolice #iwate

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a supermarket in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers, while separately a man was found dead in a suspected mauling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/bear-attack-in-supermarket/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #iwate #gifu #gunma #supermarkets

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A bear attacked has a Spanish tourist in a village popular with visitors, a local official has said, days after another mauling left one woman dead and another missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/bear-attack-tourist-shirakawago/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #shirakawago #gifu #tourism

The Japan Times

Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack

The 44-year-old tourist was pounced on from behind as he was walking to a bus stop on Sunday.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A woman in northern Japan has died after being attacked by a bear while picking mushrooms and another was missing, police and local media said on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/japan/miyagi-bear-attack-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #miyagi

The Japan Times

One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack

More and more wild bears have been spotted in recent years due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

If you don’t dispose of your garbage properly, you may wind up with a bear at your doorstep. Or, even worse, an angry neighbor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/03/language/garbage-sorting-bear-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #bears #garbage #livinginjapan

The Japan Times

Don’t poke the bear: Learn how to sort your garbage the right way

Bears are increasingly wandering into towns and cities looking for food. Make sure you don’t tempt them with your leftovers.
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AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

"CAN I TAKE YOUR ORDER?"

LA Times: Bear found behind the counter of a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop

h/t @span MsMerope
via
https://mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/115201032909554727

Reliable source:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-20/ice-cream-shop-bear-south-lake-tahoe

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Bear behind the counter of an ice cream shop
Bear behind the counter of an ice cream shop
Bear behind the counter of an ice cream shop
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Asian black bear sightings in Japan totaled 12,067 cases from April to July, the highest figure since records began in 2009. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/black-bear-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #environmentministry

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Municipal governments gained the power on Monday to permit the shooting of wild bears in high-density housing areas under an amended law in a bid to prevent further bear-attack casualties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/bear-attack-gun-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #guns #environmentministry #hunting #death

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The Environment Ministry is looking to increase its funding to local governments to enable them to respond better to bear attacks, which are becoming increasingly common throughout the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/budget-increase-eyed-bear-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #environmentministry #budgets

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A 51-year-old man has been arrested in Akita Prefecture on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 93-year-old father, after authorities initially considered the possibility he had been mauled by a bear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/crime-legal/son-murder-akita/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #akita #japanesepolice #bears

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