Bear attacks in Japan at record high as the animals struggle to find food A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday and declare itself off-limits to ...

A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday and declare itself off-limits to passengers for the day. The black bear appeared at northern Japan's Yamagata ...

On Thursday, June 26, Yamagata Airport in Higashine, Japan, closed its runway after a black bear was seen roaming the area, according to The Japan News and The Guardian.

He might be smarter than the average bear. A Japanese airport is in a “stalemate” with a black bear who has repeatedly disrupted operations on the runway and caused a dozen flights to be ...

A black bear sighting on the runway of an airport in Japan on Thursday led to the cancellation of several flights. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the bear, about four feet tall, was first ...

Small bear disrupts Japanese airport, prompting low-speed chase on runway Twelve flights were canceled Thursday as airport employees chased the bear around the runway, an airport official said ...

Last January, Japan’s Environment Ministry estimated that the number of bear sightings between April 2023 and October 2023 was over 19,000, more than the 18,000 sightings reported in 2020.

A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday and declare itself off-limits to passengers for the day. The black bear appeared at northern Japan's Yamagata ...