Overview

• Search teams located the missing man on Friday afternoon and transported him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
• Authorities recovered a wallet bearing the victim’s name, a bloodstained shirt, a watch, a hat and traces of blood at the scene.
• Hunters killed a brown bear near the trail and specimens have been sent for DNA testing to determine if it was the attacker.
• Mount Rausu’s main trail remains closed and Hokkaido authorities have issued bear safety guidelines for hikers.
• The incident is Japan’s latest in a series of summer bear encounters that have resulted in 55 attacks and three fatalities nationwide since April.