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 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
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
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
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
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LA Times: Wild bear breaks into California zoo, is found communing with the captive bears
LA Times: Wild bear breaks into California zoo, is found communing with the captive bears
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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LA Times: Bear found behind the counter of a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop
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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
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
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
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