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Posted on 07/13/2026 9:53:09 AM PDT by marktwain
In 2025, Japan broke records for total and fatal bear attacks. There were 230 attacks and 13 fatalities, more than double the previous record of 6 fatalities in one year. Japan collects bear statistics by fiscal year, from April 1 to March 31.
2026 is off to a bad start. Five fatalities have been identified from April 1 to June 30. The previous record was two fatalities during April 1 to June 30. Bear attacks tend to trail off in July and August, and pick up significantly in September, October and November. Bears in Japan start hibernating in December. Another fatality is being investigated in a mountainous area of Tohoku. If found to be a bear caused fatality, it would be the sixth in 2026. Before 2025, the record for bear fatalities in Japan was six in one year. The record number of people killed by bears in North America continues at six in one year.
All five verified bear fatalities in 2026 have been inflicted by Asiatic black bears. Only Asiatic black bears live in Tohoku. Japan is home to two types of bears, the Asiatic black bears and the Ussuri brown bears. The brown bears only occur on Hokkaido, the most northern of the Japanese islands. There are about 12,000 brown bears on Hokkaido. The brown bears are a subspecies of Ursus Arctos, also known as grizzly bears, Kodiak bears, and European brown bears. The are all slight variations of Ursus Arctos. Large differences in sizes are the result of how common food supplies are where the bears live.
In 2025, only two fatalities were from brown bears on Hokkaido. Eleven were from Asiatic black bears on the other Japanese islands. The Asiatic black bears are related to the American black bears,
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The increase in bear attacks is attributed to an increasing bear population. The bear population has increased for several reasons. Hunting of both species of bears was severely restricted since 1990. Before 1990, bears were treated as pests.
1 or preferably 2 samuri would make short work of an Asiatic black bear.
In Japan, swords and spears are as tightly controlled as guns.
There is no right to keep and bear arms in Japan, so only bears have guns.
Yes. And more people are killed by bears in Japan than are killed by bear in the USA.
The USA has at least 10 times as many bears and almost three times as many people.
Bringing in hunters from other countries would raise income for the Japanese government and help local businesses in the rural districts of that country.
It is obvious, isn’t it. More income for Japan. Takes care of the bear problem.
Japan hates allowing armed foreigner on its soil, even if they would make tens or hundreds of millions of dollars doing so...
Take away guns and people still by die by Stupid Government
That is a lot of bear attacks. It seems the bears in Japan do not fear humans. Yet.
Time for another episode of Samurai rural resident!
“Dang it; this one’s been eating too much rice and fish too. I’ll try that really squinty one over there to see if it tastes better.”
They need social workers to try and negotiate with the bears. Or maybe some midnight basketball courts for the bears.
“All five verified bear fatalities in 2026 have been inflicted by Asiatic black bears.” Evidently, they don’t like Japanese people very much.
Evidently, they don’t like Japanese people very much.
They do not respect Japanese people enough.
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