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No Be Play Again – Bear Attack Don Set New Record For Japan

todayOctober 16, 2025 7

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Dis year for Japan, bear dem don kill plenty people reach record high, environment ministry talk on Thursday, just as another possible victim don go miss. Di bears hungry because food like acorns no plenty again, and climate change na di main cause. Because of dis, di bears dey waka enter towns wey population dey old and dey reduce. Experts talk say warm weather dey affect how di bears dey hibernate. Brown bears fit weigh like half ton and dem fit run pass human. Di new death count na seven for dis fiscal year, di highest since 2006 wey dem start to dey keep record. Before dis, di highest na five deaths for 2023-24.  More than 100 people don suffer injury from bear attack, including bites and deep cuts from dia sharp claws.

Di record come after one man wey dey Iwate north Japan, age 70s, find dead on October 8, dem confirm say bear kill am. His head and body separate. Another man for same Iwate, also in 70s, find dead two days later for forest wey im dey pick mushroom. One more man for Nagano with plenty claw marks body find but cause of death never clear.  For Kitakami, Iwate, worker for hot spring resort miss; search team find human blood. Five more people injure for Akita and Fukushima. One bear wey measure 1.4 meter enter supermarket for Gunma; two men suffer light injury. Bear damage fish section and scatter avocados. Store get 30-40 customers when bear show, dem say bear vex as e try find way comot. Spain tourist also attack by bear this month for bus stop for Shirakawa-go village. Japan get two kinds of bears: black moon bears and bigger brown bears for Hokkaido. Dem shoot thousands every year but human hunters dey reduce because population dey old.

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