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Japan: Bear Sightings Surge Across Country, Fatalities Reported 2

Japan recorded 55 bear attacks between April and July 2025, leaving three people dead and dozens injured. Authorities say sightings have surged nationwide, including 154 cases in Tokyo by August 21, as a growing Asiatic black bear population increasingly pushes into towns and cities. This vides shows a bear spotted in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, northeast Japan on August 12, 2025.

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Japan: Bear Sightings Surge Across Country, Fatalities Reported

Japan recorded 55 bear attacks between April and July 2025, leaving three people dead and dozens injured. Authorities say sightings have surged nationwide, including 154 cases in Tokyo by August 21, as a growing Asiatic black bear population increasingly pushes into towns and cities. This vides shows a bear spotted in Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeast Japan on August 15, 2025.

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

An Asiatic cheetah couple named Dalbar and Koushki lie on the ground in the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on September 4, 2016. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A male Asiatic cheetah named Koushki walks in the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on September 4, 2016. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A female Asiatic cheetah named Dalbar licks a male cheetah called Koushki in the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on September 4, 2016. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A female Asiatic cheetah named Dalbar walks in the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on September 4, 2016. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A female Asiatic cheetah named Dalbar lies on the ground in the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on September 4, 2016. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A male Asiatic cheetah named Koushki chases a rabbit in the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North Khorasan Province, Iran, on September 3, 2014. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A male Asiatic cheetah named Koushki sits in the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North Khorasan Province, Iran, on September 3, 2014. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A male Asiatic cheetah named Koushki sits in the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on September 4, 2016. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A male Asiatic cheetah named Koushki walks in the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North Khorasan Province, Iran, on September 3, 2014. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

An Asiatic cheetah couple named Dalbar and Koushki lie on the ground in the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on September 4, 2016. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A male Asiatic cheetah named Koushki lies on the ground in the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North Khorasan Province, Iran, on September 3, 2014. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asiatic Cheetah - Iran

A male Asiatic cheetah named Koushki lies on the ground in the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North Khorasan Province, Iran, on September 3, 2014. Asiatic cheetahs are among the critically endangered subspecies currently surviving in Iran. Iranian environmentalist groups have mobilized efforts to increase the number of cheetahs in the country. Photo by Ali/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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INDIA-GUWAHATI-NATURE-ASIATIC ELEPHANTS

(240402) -- GUWAHATI, April 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An Asiatic elephant is seen at Khamrenga wetland in outskirts of Guwahati city of India's northeastern state of Assam, April 1, 2024. (Str/Xinhua)

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INDIA-GUWAHATI-NATURE-ASIATIC ELEPHANTS

(240402) -- GUWAHATI, April 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A herd of wild Asiatic elephants are seen at Khamrenga wetland in outskirts of Guwahati city of India's northeastern state of Assam, April 1, 2024. (Str/Xinhua)

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Bear shot dead at Japan school

YAMAGATA, Japan - An Asiatic black bear is shot dead at Nagaikita Junior High School in Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2010, after entering the school as well as causing injuries to two people in the northeastern Japan city the same day.

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Bear captured in residential area of Kanazawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - An Asiatic black bear is captured in a residential area of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 29, 2010, after a veterinarian sedated it with a tranquilizer gun.

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Bear captured alive in Kanazawa suburb

KANAZAWA, Japan - A male Asiatic black bear is captured alive in a suburb of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, after being sedated by a tranquilizer gun on Sept. 15, 2010.

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2 circus elephants from Thailand ready to go home

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Two Asiatic elephants loaned from the Thai royal family to a Japanese circus receive customs checks in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on June 18 prior to their return home. They had been working for the Kinoshita Circus based in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, since July last year.

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ZOO-LION CUB

(221207) -- JERUSALEM, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An eight-week-old Asiatic lion cub is seen at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ZOO-LION CUB

(221207) -- JERUSALEM, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An eight-week-old Asiatic lion cub is seen with its mother in their enclosure at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ZOO-LION CUB

(221207) -- JERUSALEM, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An eight-week-old Asiatic lion cub is seen at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ZOO-LION CUB

(221207) -- JERUSALEM, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An eight-week-old Asiatic lion cub is seen with its mother in their enclosure at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ZOO-LION CUB

(221207) -- JERUSALEM, Dec. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An eight-week-old Asiatic lion cub is seen with its mother in their enclosure at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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