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Around 7:20 PM on 2026-07-22, a bear was sighted in Iwasato-Ueno, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.

Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima

At a private residence, a chicken coop set up on the property was broken into, and seven chickens being kept there were harmed.

Kitakata 塩川町中屋沢, Fukushima

In Shiokawamachi Nakayazawa, Kitakata City, a chicken coop was broken and 4 of 7 chickens being raised were found dead; the damage is believed to have been caused by a bear.

Kitakata 塩川町中屋沢, Fukushima

A bear was sighted moving in Katō-machi Hatta Ōnonahara, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted in the forested area on the east side of Prefectural Route 322.

Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima

One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima

One bear about 0.5 meters long crossed a road in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima

One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

A bear about 1 meter long was seen crossing the road in Hiyoshi, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, with no injuries reported.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Koya, Fukushima

One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen crossing National Route 49 in Hatta Ohnohara, Kawanohigashi-cho, Aizuwakamatsu.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.

Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima

In Kaya Nujiriyama Ko, Inawashiro Town, a man on a walk saw one bear cross a town road and leave into a杂木林.

Inawashiro, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Koyasanjujiyama-ko, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro, Fukushima

One bear, about 1 m long, was seen crossing National Route 115 in Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

On Friday, July 3 at around 5:25 p.m., on National Route 49 within Ukiribajichi, Ogasawara, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south while he was driving eastbound on Route 49. The bear then left into the brush to the south.

Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima

On Thursday, July 2 at approximately 11:25 a.m., near the 98.2-kilometer post on the outbound (up) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Katada, Inawashiro Town, a driver in his 40s observed a single bear (about 1 m in length) crossing the highway from the north side to the south side (toward the center of the road) while traveling on the outbound Ban-etsu Expressway (toward Iwaki). When the witness’s vehicle approached, the bear left toward the north side of the road.

Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in the thicket of Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima

On Wednesday, July 1 at around 6:20 p.m., in Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikkimachi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 40s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the brush on the east side of his home while he was at home. After being seen, the bear moved deeper into the brush and its subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Kawanohigashi-machi Hatta Onohara, Aizuwakamatsu City, around 4:00 AM on July 1.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

On July 1 (Wednesday) at around 4:00 a.m., in Oohara, Hatta, Kawatō-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a buckwheat field while driving. The subsequent movements of the bear are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima