In Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, a bear appeared on a peach farm.

S/ Farmer/ A bear climbed up, and the branch split here and here.

The bear ate around 150 peaches.

Bears in Hokkaido have damaged fields as well.

A bear roughly 1.5 meters long was seen taking and eating a watermelon.

Incidents of bears eating watermelon and corn have continued in Esashi.

The town of Assabu saw 10 square meters of a rice field ravaged.

Footprints of what appears to be a bear were left at the site.

S/ Affected farmer/ I think it’s unusual circumstance for bears to come into town.

At Mount Rausudake of Shari, Hokkaido, a bear went after a person.

A hiker called emergency services to report that a friend was attacked by a bear.

According to police, a man in his 20s was assaulted and taken into the bushes while the two were hiking around 550 meters altitude.

The friend who made the call said the attacked hiker was bleeding near the thighs and is uncertain of the hiker’s wellbeing.

Officials have restricted access to Mount Rausudake to prevent further attacks.

About 70 hikers were evacuated by police and other helicopters as of August 14.

The Shiretoko Nature Foundation said that a hiker was followed by a bear on the trail at Mount Rausudake on August 12.

Bears that are unafraid of humans have been sighted continuously since July.

Police are continuing the search for the man taken by the bear.
 

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