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Official Black Bear Shinchi Suginome, Fukushima Nov 26, 2025, 07:52 PM

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Description

Posted: Around 7:52 PM on Wednesday, November 26, in Shinchi Komagamine area; a 30s male witness saw one bear about 50 cm long on the road; the bear ran north into the bushes; subsequent movements unknown.

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

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

Official

Date & Time

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 07:52 PM

Address

Shinchi Suginome, Fukushima

Coordinates

37.854959, 140.889105

Sources

https://www.rfc.jp/kuma/

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Lorelei NeutralLisa Wischofskyhttps://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Remix of „Lorelei Neutral” (https://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639) by „Lisa Wischofsky”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Nicole 6 months ago

A 50 cm bear still out on the road at that hour in Shinchi Suginome, likely a juvenile given the size.

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