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By Masahiro Usui and Noriya Nagashima /
Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
15:14 JST,
July 27, 2025
HAKODATE, Hokkaido / KITAKAMI, Iwate — Bears are increasingly entering human-inhabited areas and attacking people living there. In July, two people were killed each in Iwate and Hokkaido prefectures. Depopulation and expansion of abandoned farmland have brought bear habitats closer to urban areas, l...