Hiker Found Dead After Bear Attack in Mountain in Japan
The attack highlights rising human-bear conflicts in Hokkaido linked to climate change and habitat shifts, with 219 people attacked and six deaths reported in the past year.
- On August 15, 2025, officials said he was pronounced dead at a hospital after a Thursday morning attack on Mount Rausu, reportedly dragged into a forest.
- Hokkaido government officials cited a record 1,804 bears hunted by March 2024 and three bears euthanized after entering a tatami mat factory, citing climate change and rural depopulation.
- Shari town official reported hunters killed a bear near the trail, and Kyodo news agency said a torn, bloodied shirt and blood traces were found at the scene.
- Japan’s government approved a February law, and officials plan DNA analysis to verify the bear’s responsibility for the death.
- Although bear figures fell year-on-year, there were about 11,600 brown bears at the end of 2023, according to estimates released this month.
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Body found in Hokkaido after man watches bear drag friend off path
The victim’s friend saw the man fighting off the bear while bleeding from his leg, before the bear dragged him away into a bush along the trail leading to the summit of Mount Rausu in Japan.
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A missing male hiker was found dead on Friday, a day after being attacked and dragged away by a brown bear on Mount Rausu on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, local authorities said. Police discovered the body, identified as that of a 26-year-old Tokyo resident, on a mountain slope…
·Sakado, Japan
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