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On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 8:15 a.m., a single bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted crossing the road on National Route 459 in Minamisawa, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City.

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On Thursday, June 18 at approximately 5:50 a.m., on National Route 459 in the Kinonesaka area of Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 30s) driving a vehicle observed one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road from north to south and then enter the forest.

Nihonmatsu 木ノ根坂, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 m long) crossed a national road and entered the forest in Kinonesaka, Nihonmatsu City.

Nihonmatsu 木ノ根坂, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 17 at around 6:50 p.m., alongside National Route 115 in Yokomichi, Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) while driving. The bear subsequently left and went deeper into the forest.

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One bear was sighted crossing the road on National Route 115 in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

On Monday, June 15, at approximately 2:40 p.m., on National Route 115 in Mizuhara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City (Nanazawa area), a witness (female in her 40s) was driving when she sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road. The bear then left into the brush on the east side of the road.

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A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Minamisawa, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

At around 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, on National Route 459 in Minamisawa, Suibara, Matsukawamachi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 30s) saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear later left and went deeper into the forest.

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On Friday, June 12 at about 5:15 p.m., on a village road in Oyama Aza Atago, Otama Village, a male witness riding a bicycle toward Nihonmatsu City spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward him.

Otama, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 5:40 p.m., in the Sakanoue area of Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City, on the main prefectural road Tsuchiyu Onsen Line, a witness (woman in her 40s) saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the main prefectural road Tsuchiyu Onsen Line from north to south while she was walking.

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On Wednesday, June 10 at around 3:46 p.m., in a forested area along Prefectural Route 52 in Murozawa, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 70s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear subsequently went deeper into the forest and left the area.

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A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuwara Murasawa, Fukushima City.

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A bear was sighted in Amanuma, Tsuchiyuonsenmachi, Fukushima City, around 8:55 AM on June 9.

Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 9 at approximately 8:55 a.m., on National Route 115 in the Amanuma area of Tsuchiyu Onsen Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear then left the area and went west into the brush.

Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 2 at approximately 6:56 p.m., on Route 115 in Yokomichi, Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 50s) driving a car observed a bear (about 1.5 m in body length) crossing the roadway from north to south.

Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Yokomichi, Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima

At approximately 6:30 a.m. on May 31, in a field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, the caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered what appeared to be bear tracks. She reported it to the police station. Afterwards she provided the information to Fukushima City Hall, and when city hall staff attended the scene with her and checked, it was confirmed to be bear tracks.

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On Wednesday, May 27 at approximately 6:20 p.m., in the Yokomichi area of Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City, on National Route 115, a witness (male in his 40s) driving a car observed a single bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road from east to west.

Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima

At around 5:30 a.m. on May 27, in an agricultural field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered bear tracks. She reported it to the police station, and later provided the information to Fukushima City Hall. City hall staff went to the scene with her and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.

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One bear was sighted in Yokomichi, Tsuchiyuonsenmachi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima

On Tuesday, May 26 at around 10:30 p.m., in the Tsutsumiga-hira area of Tsuchiyu Onsen Town, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (woman in her 20s) driving a car observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in length) crossing the road from west to east.

Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima