Overview

• A 43-year-old man was injured in a brown bear attack on the night of September 26 while walking his dog in Heiwa Kyuryo Park in Nishi Ward.
• Hunters and city staff surveyed nearby forests on September 28 but did not locate the animal or any fresh traces, and surveillance cameras have not captured the bear.
• Authorities described the bear as roughly 2 meters long and accompanied by a cub, with eaten plant remains found about 400 meters west of the park.
• In the early hours of September 29, separate sightings were reported near residential areas in Teine’s Inaho and Minami’s Makomanai-minami, with no damage reported.
• Nishi Ward’s brown-bear warning remains in effect as patrols focus on river corridors and park perimeters and officials continue to urge caution.