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Toyama saw its most alarming recent incident on April 30, 2026, when a woman in her 40s was attacked in Toyama City, and the same bear was later shot and killed in an emergency response at 12:59 PM. Earlier that day, another bear was also tracked in Toyama City at 10:00 AM when bear tracks were found, while fresh sightings on May 1, 2026 also came in from Namerikawa, Asahi, and Nanto.

The busiest ground is still around Toyama City, Namerikawa, Nanto, Kamiichi, and Asahi, where people are seeing bears, tracks, and feeding signs close to roads, riverbanks, and mountain forest edges. Activity peaked in October 2025 with 913 incidents and stayed very heavy in November 2025 with 679, before easing through December 2025 at 91, January 2026 at 10, February 2026 at 5, and then rising again in April 2026 with 40; across the area, Toyama has logged 9,209 black bear sightings overall.