News Black Bear Nakanojo Town, Gunma Nov 17, 2025

Description

On 2025-11-17, the Kanto Regional Police Bureau and Agatsuma Police conducted a drone experiment to check for bears in Nakanojo Town, Gunma. They flew a drone up to 50 meters for five 10-minute flights and used video and thermal detection to focus on about 500 meters from the vacant lot toward the forest, but no bears were confirmed that day (nearby are Agatsuma Chuo High School and Nakanojo Elementary School).

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Summary

On November 17 in Nakanojo Town, Gunma, the Kanto Regional Police Bureau and Agatsuma Police carried out a drone experiment to check for bears. Because the area includes schools and there were sightings on November 4 and 8, they focused thermal and video scans from 50 meters altitude over roughly 500 meters toward the forest, but no bears were found that day. Authorities plan to continue experiments to assess use in patrols.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Monday, November 17, 2025

Address

Coordinates

36.588419, 138.841998

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