Bear Attacks Man in His 80s in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture

The Yomiuri Shimbun

11:01 JST, October 12, 2025

IWATE — A bear attacked an 87-year-old man in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture on Saturday. Sustaining non-life-threatening injuries in his left hand and right thigh, he was taken to a hospital in the city.

According to local police. he witnessed the bear, believed to be an adult, in a field near his home and attempted to chase it away with a baseball bat. After being attacked, he returned his home, and his family called the police.

The bear stayed in the field and nearby woods for a while. After city officials and members of a local group of hunters set off fireworks, the bear went away.