Attacks, attributed to bears, claimed yesterday, two people in two people in the police and Japanese media has been known today, as the population of these animals is growing in the country.
A woman, who was picking mushrooms, was found dead in a forest in the prefecture of Mijagi in the northeast of the island of Honso, while ignoring another, police said.
Police did not formally confirm the causes of the death of the seventy -year -old woman, but according to local media authorities were alerted by others who were collecting mushrooms and spoke of a bear attack.
Another attack, also attributed to a bear, claimed his life to a 78 -year -old in Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, according to ASachi Sibun.
The increase in bears in Japan
More and more bears have been observed in Japan in recent years, even in residential areas, for reasons associated with climate change and decline in human population.
Last month, Japan relaxed the rules for firearms to facilitate their use by hunters in the city regions after increasing bears.
According to NHK public broadcasting, bear attacks have claimed the lives of five people while causing injury 64 in the interval from April to August this year.
Previously, according to government data, the bears had attacked 85 people over one year by March 2025, causing the deaths of three of them.
Last year, 219 attacks and six deaths were recorded.
