Between 9 and 9:30 that morning, police received calls about bear attacks around Akita’s Araya-Minamihamamachi and Araya-Kotobukimachi districts, near the mouth of the Omonogawa river.
Employees at a supermarket in Akita, Japan, were forced to evacuate when an Asian bear entered the store. The animal attacked a 47-year-old deli worker, injuring him on the head and face.