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Description
On October 2, 2025, three elderly people doing farm work in Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, were successively attacked by a bear and injured. At about 09:40 a.m., city councilor Kazuhide Miyano (76) was attacked by a roughly 1-meter bear in a field in Towada Oyu, suffering injuries to his face and right arm; at about 10:50 a.m., a man in his 70s was bitten on his left hand and right leg in a rice field in Hanawa, and a woman in her 80s had her head scratched in Towada Yamane and was transported to a hospital in Akita City.
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
Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Address
Towada Oyu, Kazuno City, Akita
Coordinates
40.348550, 140.903520
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