On the morning of the 2nd, a body of unknown gender was found in a bush in Fukushima Town, Hokkaido, and police are investigating the detailed situation, assuming that it may have been attacked by a bear due to the situation at the scene.

Is the body a missing woman?

Around 10:20 am on the 2nd, a relative man who was searching for a missing woman with police and others found a body of unknown gender in the bush of Shirafu, Fukushima Town.


Police suspect that the bear may have attacked the body, as it was severely damaged.


According to the police, a woman in her 70s who lived in the field from the morning of the 1st did not come back even in the evening, so an acquaintance consulted with the police and the police and others were searching from the morning of the 2nd. , The body was found near the field.



Police are rushing to confirm the identity of the woman and are investigating the situation in detail, seeing that the body may be the woman.

The site is near a place where private houses and post offices are lined up

The site was near a place where private houses and post offices were lined up along National Route 228 in Shirafu, Fukushima Town, Hokkaido.


The body was found in a bush several tens of meters further from the field on the side road from the national highway to the mountain side.