News Brown Bear Fukushima Town (Hokkaido), Hokkaido Jul 12, 2025, 01:00 PM
Location
Description
In the early morning of July 12, 2025, a 52-year-old male newspaper delivery worker was attacked and killed by a brown bear in a residential area of Fukushima Town, Oshima. The bear was culled on July 18, and DNA testing showed hair from the culled bear matched hair found on the victim's clothing.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Brown Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 01:00 PM
Address
Fukushima Town (Hokkaido), Hokkaido
Coordinates
41.483393, 140.251429
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