News Black Bear Towada Oyu, Kazuno City, Akita Oct 2, 2025, 12:40 AM

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.

Summary

On October 2 in Kazuno City, Akita, three elderly people working in fields were attacked by bears in the morning. Councilor Kazuhide Miyano (76) was injured in the face and right arm in Towada Oyu, and other victims were hurt in Hanawa and Towada Yamane; none are believed to be in life-threatening condition. The attack sites were about 1.5 km apart, and police say different animals may have been involved.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM

Address

Coordinates

40.348550, 140.903520

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