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Vehicle collisions with bears surge to record high in Akita Prefecture

Bears are increasingly roaming into residential areas, causing 66 of the 118 vehicle collisions in October, the highest annual total since 2020, police said.

Summary by Kyodo News+
Vehicle collisions involving bears in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, surged to a record 118 this year as of October, more than five times the figure for all of last year, prefectural police said Tuesday.

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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Japan on Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
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