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Size: adult

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

A woman saw a bear about 1 meter long walking on a city road in Nagisa Akasaka, Nishinomiya.

Nishinomiya Najio-akasaka, Hyogo

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

An adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was captured on a sensor camera installed in a forest about 700 meters north of JR Dojo Station in Kita Ward, Kobe City.

Kobe Dojocho-Shiota, Hyogo

A bear appearance was confirmed in Dojo-cho, Kita Ward, Kobe City.

Kobe Dojocho-Kusakabe, Hyogo

A bear has been sighted.

Ōtake Onihara, Hiroshima

Size: adult and cub

Iida, Nagano

Size: young cub

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Minowa 大字中箕輪, Nagano

Size: adult with cub(s)

Iida, Nagano

Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi

At the bend in the mountain trail where vehicles meet head-on

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Kudamatsu 大字中須南, Yamaguchi

At around 5:00 a.m. on the 7th, a driver who was passing through reported seeing a bear via a 110 emergency call inside the Okada Tunnel (482 meters) on a municipal road in Asamachi, Asakita Ward, Hiroshima City.

Hiroshima Asacho-Tsutsuse, Hiroshima

A man reported seeing a bear in Kamisōchō Shirasawa, Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Kakogawa Kamisocho-Shirasawa, Hyogo

It came down from the mountain side onto the road and crossed the road. Appeared to be a bear.

Ena 長島町正家, Gifu

Size: adult with cubs

Iida Takinosawa, Nagano

Around 8:00 p.m. on June 6, a bear was sighted in Midorii 7-chome, Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima City.

Hiroshima, Hiroshima

There was a bear sighting.

Ōtake Mitsuishicho, Hiroshima

Ena 三郷町野井, Gifu

Size: Unknown

Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano

Hiroshima City Asa Zoo confirmed the presence of one wild Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma).

Hiroshima Kamiyasu 7-chome, Hiroshima

Kudamatsu 大字河内, Yamaguchi

A person in a car saw one bear crossing a prefectural road in Kawachi, Kudamatsu City.

Kudamatsu 大字河内, Yamaguchi

Size: adult

Ina Nishimachi, Nagano

A woman driving a car spotted one bear on a prefectural road in Kuwabarata-cho, Kasai City.

Kasai Kuwaharadacho, Hyogo

A woman driving on a prefectural road in Kuwaharadacho, Kasai City, saw one bear.

Kasai Kuwaharadacho, Hyogo

Size: juvenile

Ina Nishiminowa, Nagano

Size: adult with cub(s)

Iida 大休, Nagano

Ena 長島町正家, Gifu

Size: Adult

Okaya, 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

Asian black bear sightings in Toyono Town.

Toyono Yoshikawa, Osaka

Size: juvenile

Iida 白山町, Nagano

Yamaguchi 佐山, Yamaguchi

Ube 大字山中, Yamaguchi

Size: Unknown

Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano

Hofu 大字牟礼, Yamaguchi

One bear-like animal was sighted walking on a road in Mure, Hofu City.

Hofu 大字牟礼, Yamaguchi

Size: cub (juvenile)

Takamori Ushimaki, Nagano

It might have been a Japanese serow, but there was an animal with four legs and one head. Its snout was shorter than a wild boar’s and its legs were long. It walked differently from a dog; the part equivalent to the shoe on a human is shaped more like a human’s. With all four legs on the ground, its body length reached from a person’s buttocks to their waist. Its tail was not visible to the naked eye.

Kasugai 神屋町, Aichi

Size: Unknown

Toyooka Kumashiro, Nagano

Signs of a bear sighting have been confirmed

Ōtake Mitsuishicho, Hiroshima

Shunan 大字譲羽, Yamaguchi

Iwakuni 周東町中山, Yamaguchi

Size: Juvenile

Ina Nakanohara, Nagano

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Nakatsugawa Magome, Gifu

Size: Adult

Minowa 大字中箕輪, Nagano

Size: adult

Okaya Minato, Nagano

At about 08:45 on May 21, 2026, a report was received that a bear crossed a prefectural road in Miyauchi, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and tracks believed to be from a bear were confirmed at the scene. There had been a sighting near a housing complex the previous day, and elementary and junior high schools in the school district dismissed students at the same time.

Hatsukaichi Miyauchi-kogyodanchi, Hiroshima

Reported that a bear crossed the road while driving.

Hatsukaichi Toge, Hiroshima

A caller to emergency services reported one bear-like animal on a slope between a residential area and the mountains.

Hatsukaichi Shikigaoka-kami, Hiroshima

In the forests of Ina City (Hirasawa and Nishiminowa), Asiatic black bears were found caught in traps early on the morning of the 20th. In Hirasawa, a roughly 9-year-old female and a nearby cub were captured; in Nishiminowa Fukiage, a roughly 9-year-old female was trapped but the cub escaped. The three captured bears were handled according to prefectural policy.

Ina Masumigaoka, Nagano

Asian black bear sightings in Toyono Town.

Toyono Yoshikawa, Osaka

Size: Unknown

Tatsuno 中央, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Kyushiojiri, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Takamori Ushimaki, Nagano

Around 22:00 on May 18, a passenger car struck a bear near the ramp of the Hatsukaichi Junction on the Sanyo Expressway/Hiroshima-Iwakuni Road (up line) in Miyauchi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and the driver called 110. The bear died from the collision.

Hatsukaichi Miyauchi-kogyodanchi, Hiroshima

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Witnessed during a morning walk

Hiroshima Asacho-Kegi, Hiroshima

At around 20:40 on May 17, 2026, a single bear about 50 cm long was sighted in a residential area about 60 meters south of Kimii-chi Nursery in Nakasu, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture. Police arrived but the bear had already left; police and city officials patrolled the area the next morning and warned residents, and no damage has been confirmed.

Suwa Nakasu, Nagano

Nakatsugawa 茄子川, Gifu

At around 19:40 on May 17, 2026, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing the road north of Iida Cultural Hall in Takaba-cho, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture; police arrived but the bear had already left. On the morning of the 18th, police and city officials remained on alert and warned nearby residents, and no further sightings or damage have been reported.

Iida Takahacho, Nagano

On the night of May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted on a road in Takahachimachi, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture; a driver reported seeing it cross the road just after 7:30 p.m. Police and the city urged caution and carried out patrols on the morning of the 18th to coincide with children’s school commute times.

Iida Takahacho, Nagano

While walking along the 4-chome forest path in Meiji Village (between SL Nagoya Station and Meiji Coffee Time House), a bear about 1 meter tall ran up the mountain from the uphill side right next to the path. When I put about 10 meters of distance between us, it watched us for a while.

Inuyama 字内山, Aichi