Overview

• The Hokkaido Prefectural Research Institute matched hair and saliva on the victim's clothing to DNA taken from the culled bear's liver.
• The victim, identified as Keisuke Soda, 26, was attacked on Aug. 14 on a trail around 550 meters elevation and found on Aug. 15 about 200 meters from the site.
• Police said he died from blood loss caused by multiple traumatic injuries.
• Hunters shot an adult female bear and two cubs during the search near where the body was later recovered.
• Officials kept a bear caution advisory for the Mount Rausu trail following recent stalking and sighting reports, and the prefecture also recorded a separate fatal bear attack in July in Fukushima Town.