On the morning of the 6th, a bear entered the warehouse of a shipping company on the outskirts of Akita City. Police are blocking the entrance and exit of the warehouse and are continuing to monitor it.
According to the police, at around 11:30 a.m. on the 6th, a person working at a shipping company's warehouse in Goshono, Akita City, reported that there was a bear inside the warehouse.
When the police rushed to the warehouse, they found a bear about 1 meter long inside the warehouse, so they closed the shutters and piled up transport equipment to block the entrance.
So far, no injuries or damage to buildings have been confirmed, but police are continuing to monitor the incident and asking people living nearby to be on guard. The site is approximately 7.5 kilometers southeast of JR Akita Station, with a residential area nearby.
This is the time when bears go into hibernation, but the number of bear sightings in Akita Prefecture has increased from 1 in January and February last year to 15 as of the 5th this year. is.
Last year, 70 people were injured in bear attacks in Akita Prefecture, the worst ever.