News Black Bear Yanagimachi, Noshiro City, Akita Nov 16, 2025, 11:20 AM
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Description
At around 11:20 on November 16, a single bear cub about 80–83 cm long entered the Aeon Noshiro store in Yanagimachi, Noshiro City. Employees confined it near the furniture/bedding section, no customers or staff were injured, and later in the afternoon prefectural staff anesthetized and captured it and it was subsequently euthanized on site.
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
News
Date & Time
Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Address
Yanagimachi, Noshiro City, Akita
Coordinates
40.209293, 140.026445
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