News Brown Bear Mitsutake, Fukushima Town (Hokkaido), Hokkaido Jul 11, 2025, 03:00 PM
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In the early morning of July 12, in a residential area of Mitsutake, Fukushima Town, a 52-year-old newspaper delivery worker, Kenju Sato, was attacked by a brown bear and dragged about 100 meters into nearby bamboo thickets, dying from his injuries. He suffered scratches over his body and bite wounds mainly to the abdomen; the attacking bear was estimated at about 1.5 meters long.
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
Friday, July 11, 2025 at 03:00 PM
Address
Mitsutake, Fukushima Town (Hokkaido), Hokkaido
Coordinates
41.502037, 140.255607
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