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Description
Around 15:30 on the 19th, a woman in the city reported a bear sighting east of the Owase-Minami interchange in Owase City. Four first-year female students from Owase Junior High School saw what appeared to be a parent-and-child pair of Asian black bears; their whereabouts afterward are unknown and there were no human injuries. The city notified schools, posted warning signs near the site, and pest-control patrols fired deterrent fireworks.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Black Bear
Number of Bears
2
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 06:30 AM
Address
Owase Yanohama-Masago, Mie
Coordinates
34.042786, 136.188576
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