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Around 10:00 on 2026-06-08, a brown bear was sighted in Ogawamachi-Shibahara, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Iwaki 小川町柴原, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in a wooded area adjacent to Aeon Mall Tomiya in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

Around 13:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Ohira Heirin, Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in grassland in the Ohira Shionami area of Ohira Village.

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

Around 09:04 on 2026-06-06, a bear was sighted in Sanbongi Saida Magishi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi

At around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, one bear was passed by on Route 457 in Yoshioka Ishigamizawa, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi

In Yoshioka, Taiwa Town, a driver spotted one bear about 1 meter long moving south on Route 457.

Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi

On Friday, June 5 at approximately 5:40 p.m., in Shizu, Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, a woman in her 40s, while driving home, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in length) emerging from vegetation.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

June 5

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

At around 13:37 on 2026-06-05, one bear was seen moving in Shimooni 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kitakami, Iwate

A bear was sighted at Tsukidate Terukoshi Yamanokamimae in Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館字荒田沢, Miyagi

June 5

Kurihara 築館字照越, Miyagi

Around 17:40 on 2026-06-05, a bear-like animal was sighted in Shizu, Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

June 5

Taiwa Tsurusu-Yamada, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

An animal thought to be a bear was seen in the bushes in Uchigo-uchimachi Sakuramoto, Iwaki City.

Iwaki 内郷内町, Fukushima

In Nagatsuki, Uchigo-Hakusui Town, Iwaki City, a teenage boy saw one bear-like animal while riding a bicycle.

Iwaki 常磐湯本町, Fukushima

A male high school student sighted one bear-like animal in bushes in Uchigo-Shirasu-machi, Iwaki City.

Iwaki 内郷白水町, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 9:00 p.m., in Sakuramoto, Uchigo-cho, Iwaki City, a male in his teens, while riding a bicycle, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) in some brush. The animal believed to be a bear ran off toward the mountain to the east.

Iwaki 内郷内町, Fukushima

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Isshō Yanagime Mochikurezawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi, around 18:50 on June 4.

Kurihara 一迫柳目, Miyagi

Around 7:40 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Nakaota, Kurihara City.

Kurihara, Miyagi

On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 5:30 a.m., on the Iwaki–Namie prefectural road in Yamada-mae, Ide, Namie Town, a witness (man in his 20s) traveling southbound on the Iwaki–Namie prefectural road in a vehicle observed a bear (about 1.5 m in body length) crossing in front of his vehicle from west to east.

Namie Ide, Fukushima

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

Around 8:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Kosegawa 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Tengada, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

A bear-like animal was sighted in Uchigo-Shiramizu-machi Nagatsuki, Iwaki City.

Iwaki 常磐湯本町, Fukushima

A bear-like animal was sighted in a thicket in Uchigo-uchimachi, Iwaki City.

Iwaki 内郷内町, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 3 at around 3:50 p.m., in Nishi-4-chome, Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, a witness (male in his 60s) saw one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) running north outside a building.

Iwaki 四倉町, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 3:21 p.m., on a municipal road in Nishisan-chome, Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, a witness (male in his 30s) driving saw one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) at the roadside.

Iwaki 四倉町上仁井田, Fukushima

On June 3 (Wednesday) at approximately 3:12 p.m., in the Umegaoka area of Yotsukuramachi, Iwaki City, a witness (female in her 60s) while at home looked out the window and observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1.5 m in length) in the yard.

Iwaki 四倉町, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 3, at approximately 3:00 p.m., in the Machida area of Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, a witness (female in her 70s) saw from inside her home, looking out a window, a single animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the yard.

Iwaki 四倉町, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 2:40 p.m., on the Iwaki-Namie Prefectural Road in Miyamaeno, Nagatomo, Yotsukura-cho, Iwaki City, a witness (male in his 30s) driving a car observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the prefectural road from west to east.

Iwaki 四倉町名木, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 10:20 a.m., one animal thought to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted in Gochome, Yotsukura-cho, Iwaki City.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

In Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, a man in his 70s found one bear-like animal (about 1 m long) in his yard after opening his front door.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

On June 3 (Wednesday) at around 9:40 a.m., in Tayusaka area, Yotsukuramachi, Iwaki City, a man in his 70s saw one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in length) in his front yard when he opened his home’s front door.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

In Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, a man in his 30s saw one bear-like animal (about 1 m long) passing through his home's grounds and heading toward the forest while he was in a car.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 7:33 a.m., in Shizu, Yotsukura-machi, Iwaki City, a man in his 30s, while seated in a vehicle, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in length) leaving the residential premises and heading into the forest.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

A bear-like animal was sighted multiple times in Yotsukura Town, Iwaki City.

Iwaki 久之浜町田之網, Fukushima

June 3

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

One bear was seen moving in Aisari-cho Kami-sanjunincho, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate

An adult bear was seen running east on a road in Ishidoriya-machi Ezo 9-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate

June 1st

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

June 1st

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

June 1st

Osaki 三本木秋田, Miyagi

June 1st

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

June 1st

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

June 1st

Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi

June 1st

Kurihara, Miyagi

Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Iwakiri Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

May 31

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

May 31

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

May 31

Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi

On Sunday, May 31 at about 7:10 a.m., in a grove of mixed trees in the Higashikowanai/Higure area (Shimoshiohana), Naraha Town, a witness (male in his 30s) was driving north on Prefectural Route Iwaki-Namie when he observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) running parallel to his vehicle in the forested slope to the east of the road.

Naraha Kamikobana, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Kuzu 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate

On May 30 around 14:30, a bear was sighted in Waga-machi Goto 13-chiwari, Kitakami, and was seen moving.

Kitakami Nippei, Iwate

On Saturday, May 30 at approximately 10:45 a.m., in the Suzuyama area of Sugime, Shinchi Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) on the road while driving.

Shinchi Suginome, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Ukita, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City, Fukushima on 2026-05-30.

Minamisoma 鹿島区浮田, Fukushima

On Saturday, May 30 at approximately 9:40 a.m., on the Somawanami Line major prefectural road in Momikizawa, Ukita, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City, a witness (male in his 40s) driving a car observed one bear (about 1 meter in length) walking north along the road.

Minamisoma 鹿島区浮田, Fukushima

Around 10:43 PM on May 29, a bear-like animal was sighted in Oyamada Tonouchi, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City.

Minamisoma 鹿島区浮田, Fukushima

On Friday, May 29 at approximately 10:43 PM, in the Tonouchi area of Oyamada, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City, a witness (female) driving a car observed two animals believed to be bears (each approximately 60 cm in body length) walking along a roadside path.

Minamisoma 鹿島区岡和田, Fukushima

May 29

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

May 29

Ohira, Miyagi

May 29

Ohira, Miyagi

Around 6:55 a.m. on May 29, a bear was sighted in Kamishinai 10-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Kaminitanai, Iwate

May 28

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

May 27

Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi

May 27

Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi

A newspaper delivery person spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Kuwahara, Iwanuma City.

Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi

May 27

Iwanuma Inarichō, Miyagi

A newspaper delivery worker saw one bear on a city road in Kuwabara 1-chome, Iwanuma City.

Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Jinja, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted moving in Murasaki-no 14-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Murasakino, Iwate

May 26

Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi

Around 11:10 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted at Takenoshita-mae, Tsukidate-Yazawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Kurihara, Miyagi

May 26

Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi

Around 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, a man in his 60s, while driving on a road in the Kitauruzawa area of Yachigoya, Shinchi Town, sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the road.

Shinchi Fukuda, Fukushima

Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

May 25

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

On Monday, May 25, at approximately 6:40 p.m., on Prefectural Road Ide-Nagatsuka in Ino Karasawa area, Ide, Namie Town (specific return/residence area), a witness (male in his 60s) traveling north by vehicle saw a bear (about 1.5 m in length) crossing the road from east to west ahead of him, after which it entered the woods on the west side of the road.

Namie Ide, Fukushima

One bear was sighted in Sakuramachi 1-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Toyosawacho, Iwate

On the night of 2026-05-25, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narita 8-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

Around 8:30 PM on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Narita, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hanamaki Narita, Iwate

May 24

Kurihara, Miyagi

May 24

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kamiango, Yamada-machi, Iwaki City.

Iwaki 山田町, Fukushima

On Sunday, May 24 at around 3:20 p.m., in Yamada-machi, Kamiyasugyo area, Iwaki City, in the Tabatagawa area, a witness out for a walk observed one bear (about 1 meter in body length) standing on the ridge between rice paddies. No human or property damage has been confirmed.

Iwaki 山田町, Fukushima

May 24

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yatsumatazawa, Tsukidate Shimomiyano, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

May 24

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

A Japanese black bear was sighted on a paddy-field path in Kaminagagyo, Yamada-cho, Iwaki City, on May 24.

Iwaki 山田町, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Kukunome 3rd Chiwari, Hanamaki City, around 18:00 on 2026-05-24.

Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Koda 8-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Koda, Iwate

Around 7:12 PM on May 24, a bear was observed on security camera in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

May 23

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

May 23

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

May 23

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Nyo Kodate, Ōsaki City.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 22

Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi

May 22

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 21

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

Around 11:40 on May 21, a bear was sighted at Furukawa Shimizu Narita Omotemae in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

At around 10:47 on 2026-05-21, a bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

On National Route 6 in Kawako, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City, a caller (male) reported that while driving near the sighting location he observed one animal believed to be a bear (body length approximately 50–80 cm) attempting to cross the highway from west to east.

Minamisoma 原町区押釜, Fukushima

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Iwakiri-Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

At around 18:10 on May 20, a bear about 1 m long was sighted on the riverbank near Iwakiri Ohashi on the Nanakita River in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; within about 20 minutes there were three reports extending to the Imaichi Bridge area. After hunters set off firecrackers after 20:00, the bear emerged from a thicket and moved westward; no further sightings or damages have been confirmed.

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Odachi, Ōsaki City, Miyagi, around 14:20 on May 20, 2026.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

At around 10:25 on May 20, 2026, a woman in her 70s encountered a bear about 1 meter long in a bamboo grove behind her home in Furukawa Shinhori, Osaki City, Miyagi. She waved a saw she was carrying and drove the bear off but fell and suffered a fractured bone in her lower back; the bear fled west.

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

Early on the morning of May 20, 2026, one bear was sighted on the riverbed in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai. A nearby elementary school conducted group dismissal and police are on alert.

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

May 20

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

May 20

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

May 20

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate, on May 20 in the late afternoon.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

May 20

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 20

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

A bear appeared in Furukawa, Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the city carried out its first emergency shooting to cull the animal.

Osaki 古川, Miyagi

May 19

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

On the morning of May 19, 2026, one male bear was spotted in a grove near Furukawa Shinden, Osaki City. The city authorized emergency gun hunting for public safety and the bear was killed around 11:00 a.m. The bear was about 1.1 m long, weighed approximately 45 kg, was estimated to be four years old, and is believed to have wandered in via a nearby river.

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川斎下, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi

May 19

Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi

May 18

Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi

Observed one young bear entering the brush from the road.

Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate

May 18

Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi

May 18

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

May 18

Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi

At around 06:10 on the 18th, a man driving on a municipal road in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, spotted a bear about 1.5 m long and called the police. The bear ran up the west slope toward the mountain; the previous evening (17th) two other bears (about 1.5 m and 1 m) were reported about 1 km to the west in Yamatocho Morinooka 3-chome.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

At around 06:10 on the 18th, a 1.5-meter bear was seen walking on a slope near the Costco Wholesale Tomiya warehouse in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, by a man in a car; at about 10:00 the same day two more bears were spotted in a rice field about 1 km south of that location. There were no injuries reported, and Miyagi Prefecture announced it will continue the 'bear sighting alert' until June 18 due to the surge in sightings.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

May 18

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

May 17

Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi

At around 18:20 on May 17, 2026, a resident reported seeing two bears (approximately 1.5 meters and 1 meter long) walking in a rice paddy in Mori-no-oka 3-chome, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, and called emergency services.

Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi

May 17

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

May 16

Taiwa, Miyagi

May 16

Kurihara, Miyagi

Around 20:25 on May 15, an adult bear was sighted on a city road north of Kitakami General Sports Park in Takamaedanchi, Awasaracho, Kitakami City; the bear crossed the road from north to south and ran toward the park. No damage from the bear was reported, and police have urged nearby residents to be cautious.

Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate

May 15

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

Around 17:30 on May 15, 2026, one bear was sighted on the grounds of Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the runway was temporarily closed. At least four flights were affected, but no injuries or property damage were reported, and the bear later left the airport grounds.

Hanamaki Kuzu, Iwate

According to police, around 15:00 on May 15, 2026, one adult bear was sighted in the grassland north of the Hanamaki City Exchange Hall in Katsura Daisan Chiwari, Hanamaki City. Police notified the city office and nearby schools.

Hanamaki Higashimiyanome, Iwate

May 15

Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi

May 15

Osaki 三本木伊場野, Miyagi

May 15

Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) crossing over a debris-control dam about 100 meters ahead.

Soma, Fukushima

On Thursday, May 14 at approximately 5:15 p.m., in the riverbed area of Shiinokidanka Nohara in Soma City, a witness (male in his 50s) observed one animal thought to be a bear (about 1.5 m in body length) while driving a vehicle.

Soma, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the reporter witnessed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the road.

Minamisoma 原町区北新田, Fukushima

Around 22:50 on May 13, a woman driving on a municipal road in Kamikitakodaira Takamatsu, Haramachi Ward, Minamisoma City, reported seeing one bear about 1 meter long to the Minamisoma police station. Sightings in the city have been occurring repeatedly since May 5.

Minamisoma 原町区北新田, Fukushima

May 13

Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi

May 12

Taiwa, Miyagi

While walking, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) standing at the west edge of the road. The bear immediately turned and entered the brush to the west.

Minamisoma 原町区上北高平, Fukushima

Observed one adult bear heading north along the road.

Ōshū 水沢, Iwate

May 11

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

May 10

Iwanuma Minami-Hase, Miyagi

While driving a vehicle, the witness spotted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) in the forested area.

Minamisoma 原町区上北高平, Fukushima

According to police, on the evening of May 10, 2026, multiple bear sightings were reported on the Namie–Kashima prefectural road in Kamikitakahira, Haramachi Ward, Minamisoma City. Around 17:40 a male driver saw a roughly 1-meter-long bear in the woods, and about 20 minutes later a female driver reported another sighting; police have stepped up patrols.

Minamisoma 原町区上北高平, Fukushima

A witness, while driving a vehicle, observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) on the road.

Minamisoma 原町区上北高平, Fukushima

May 10

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

Around 18:30 on May 9, three bears were sighted in Kamisuwa, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, with no human or property damage reported. On May 10 at 15:09, a small bear was sighted on the grounds of Hanamaki Agricultural High School at 68-__ Katsura Dai-1 Chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate

May 10

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

May 10

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

At about 08:30 on May 10, 2026, a single bear approximately 1 meter in length was sighted on a walking trail in Shiki no Mori within the Prefectural Forest in Tomiya City (Akashikami-Origemoto). When the walker increased the volume of a radio they were carrying, the bear left the area; there have been no further sightings and the management office is warning visitors over the park's PA system.

Tomiya, Miyagi