On the evening of the 26th, a bear appeared in the center of Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, and was captured about two and a half hours later. No one was injured.
In Iwate Prefecture, there have been seven cases of black bear attacks and eight people since April, and the prefecture has changed the "Warning on Black Bear Appearance" to an alert on the 2th and called for caution.
The bear came out in the parking lot of an apartment in Tadakoshi-cho, Kamaishi City. According to the police, around 26 p.m. on the 4th, a report was received that a bear was lying down, and when a police officer rushed to check it, there was a bear about 1 meter long.
In the center of the city, about 60 meters south of Kamaishi City Hall, a photo taken by city officials shows a bear sitting in what appears to be a parking lot on the first floor of an apartment building.
Police had warned the bear by banning traffic on nearby roads, but the bear was captured shortly after 1:6 p.m. According to the police, no one was injured and no objects were destroyed.
In Iwate Prefecture, there have been seven cases of black bear attacks since April, and eight people have been affected, and on May 4, a man who was collecting bamboo shoots in Hachimantai City was attacked by a bear and seriously injured.
Iwate Prefecture has already issued a "Warning on Black Bears" on the 7th and switched to an alert and urged people to be vigilant against bear damage.