News Black Bear Kitashiobara Village, Kitayama Doai, Fukushima Dec 18, 2025, 08:00 AM

Description

At around 08:00 on December 18, 2025, a roughly 60 cm bear was reported sitting in a persimmon tree on residential land in Kitayama Doai, Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima Prefecture. Fireworks failed to drive it away, and a prefectural veterinarian used a tranquilizer and the bear was captured after falling from the tree at about 15:35; there was no surrounding damage.

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Summary

One December morning in Kitashiobara Village, a roughly 60 cm bear remained in a persimmon tree on private property for about seven and a half hours. A prefectural veterinarian later captured it using a tranquilizer with no reported damage, and the village removed several persimmon trees as a preventive measure.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 08:00 AM

Address

Coordinates

37.654141, 139.940760

Sources