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Two sets of human remains were found in suspected bear attacks in northern Japan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
In one incident, the body of a 69-year-old woman was found with injuries on her face and head, hours after she went into the forest to pick edible wild plants<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Another body was reportedly recovered in the Yamagata Prefecture two days prior<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Two sets of human remains were found in suspected bear attacks in northern Japan.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, May 7, police and rescuers discovered the body of a missing woman lying on the ground with injuries on her face and head that appeared to have been caused by an animal’s claws, according to CBS News<\/a>, the Japan Times<\/em><\/a> and the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, also known as NHK<\/a>.<\/p>\n The woman, identified as 69-year-old Kumagai Chiyoko, had allegedly gone missing the day before when she went into the mountain forest in Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture, to pick edible wild plants.<\/p>\n According to the Japan Times<\/em>, another body was discovered in the Yamagata Prefecture on Tuesday, May 5. Authorities also confirmed that the separate death of a 55-year-old woman last month marked the first fatal bear attack of 2026.<\/p>\n