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Around 6:30 a.m. on June 22, one beekeeping box was found broken in the yard of a private home in Kitakata, Iida City, and the honeybee nest inside was missing. The city believes a bear likely caused the damage.

Iida Kitagata, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Komagane, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Iida, Nagano

Size: Adult

Komagane, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri, Nagano

Size: cub

Komagane, Nagano

Around 8:00 on June 19, two bears were reported sighted on a road in Kamigōkuroda, Iida City.

Iida Kamisatokuroda, Nagano

Size: unknown

Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-19, a bear-like animal was sighted in Miyanoue, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture.

Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano

In Soga, Shiojiri City, one adult Asian black bear caught in a trap for deer and other animals was captured and culled because houses were nearby.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Kijimadaira Ogo, Nagano

A bear believed to be an adult was sighted at Shiroyama Park in Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Yamanouchi Hirao, Nagano

Size: cub (young bear)

Tatsuno 南平, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Azumino, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Nozawaonsen Mushiu, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Kamishima, Tatsuno Town, Nagano, around 18:00 on 2026-06-15.

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

Size: adult

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Nakamura, Iida City, Nagano on June 15 around 7:30 PM.

Iida 中村, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Tatsuno, Nagano

Size: cub (young)

Iida, Nagano

One bear was sighted in a residential area of Miyabuchi, Matsumoto City; police searched but did not find it.

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Around 6:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Nanase, Nakano City.

Nakano Nanase, Nagano

Size: adult

Iiyama Toyoda, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagano Matsushiromachi-Iwano, Nagano

Two bear sighting reports were received from residents in Miyabuchi 3, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nakano Nanase, Nagano

Around 12:20 on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Shimauchi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Anazawa, Nagano

Size: adult

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

Size: adult

Matsumoto Shimauchi, Nagano

One bear was found trapped in a snare along a forest road in Kawagishi, Okaya City, and was culled.

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iida, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Iida 大休, Nagano

Around 17:10 on June 11, a bear was sighted in Kami-shima, Tatsuno Town.

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Okada-Shimookada, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Okada-Shimookada, Nagano

A 110 emergency call reported seeing a bear in Jōyama, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano

Size: adult

Achi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iida, Nagano

Size: adult and cub

Iida, Nagano

Size: young cub

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Kanai, Shiojiri City on 2026-06-11.

Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Minowa 大字中箕輪, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Chikuma Mori, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano

Size: adult with cub(s)

Iida, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: adult with cubs

Iida Takinosawa, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Sasa-ga, Matsumoto City, around 5:30 a.m. on June 6.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagano Shinonoi-Yokota, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Shimojo, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iiyama Oike, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Iiyama, Nagano

Around 18:45 on 2026-06-04, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Sasaga, Matsumoto City, Nagano, around 08:50 on 2026-06-04.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Nakano Kasahara, Nagano

Size: adult

Ina Nishimachi, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Nozawaonsen Hirabayashi, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano

A 45-year-old farm worker woman nearby called 110 to report seeing a bear in Sasaga, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ina Nishiminowa, Nagano

Size: adult with cub(s)

Iida 大休, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Hirooka-Harashinden, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagano Aokijimamachi-Aokijima, Nagano

Size: adult

Azumino 豊科光, Nagano

Size: adult

Ina Araiuchinokaya, Nagano

One bear was sighted walking through a field in Oizumi Shinden, Nishiminowa, Ina City, Nagano; later hunters and officials also confirmed it and saw it head north.

Ina, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Iida 白山町, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Shimokijima, Iiyama City.

Iiyama Shimokijima, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano

Size: adult

Kijimadaira, Nagano

Size: unknown

Kijimadaira Ogo, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano

Around 18:35 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Shimadachi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto Shimadachi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Shinagura, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Takamori Ushimaki, Nagano

Size: adult with cub

Azumino 豊科田沢, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Toyooka Kumashiro, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Azumino 豊科田沢, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano

Size: adult

Nagano 若穂保科, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iiyama Toyoda, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano