2026年6月9日 / 美国东部时间上午7:42 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社报道
一头在东京以北日本城市引发居民恐慌的流浪黑熊于周二被捕获，此前这场恐慌已持续数日，期间近百所学校被迫停课。
这头黑熊最早于周六在宇都宫市一处公园附近被发现，这座位于东京以北的城市拥有50万人口。
该市官员表示，在接下来的几天里，他们收到了数十起黑熊目击报告，地点包括图书馆、学校和社区中心附近。这些目击事件迫使该市所有94所公立小学和初中在周一和周二停课。
该市通过社交媒体发布了黑熊预警，并派出了公告车辆，敦促居民如果遇到黑熊，应躲在建筑物和车辆内，务必锁好门窗，夜间不要放置垃圾。
该市官员柳平入江表示，周二下午，这头黑熊在一处私人领地被发现，并被一名兽医用镇静枪射中。无人受伤。
当天早些时候，这头黑熊在一所大学校园被发现后，全市所有课程被迫取消，周二该市官员出动无人机追踪这头动物。
入江说，官员们认为目前只有一头黑熊，但为确保万无一失，他们仍在调查中。
2026年6月9日，警察在东京以北宇都宫市一处出现黑熊的居民区执勤。共同社 via 美联社
37岁的房屋油漆工一濑冈部住在黑熊被捕获的住宅旁边的公寓里，他告诉法新社：“终于松了口气。”
“我的孩子就在附近的小学上学……新闻报道说附近出现了黑熊，”他说。“然后我看了新闻，我们家的房子出现在了画面里……我当时非常惊讶。这是我第一次听说宇都宫市出现野生黑熊。”
宇都宫市的黑熊恐慌事件，是日本不断增长的黑熊种群在人口老龄化和减少的地区不断渗透的最新案例。
上周，另一头黑熊在日本东北部福冈县的一处居民区袭击了四人，造成中度受伤。据日本放送协会（NHK）报道，这头“极其聪明”的黑熊似乎撬开窗户逃脱追捕后，至今仍在逃。
2026年6月2日，一头黑熊在日本福冈县一处办公楼园区内行走。共同社 via 美联社
日本政府于3月估计，该国黑熊总数量约为57800头。官员们已通过了一项黑熊种群管理路线图，呼吁进行系统性捕杀。
去年日本有创纪录的13人被黑熊杀害，随着黑熊从冬眠中苏醒、急需觅食，目击事件数量激增。
专家表示，在气候变暖的影响下，包括橡子、鹿和野猪在内的食物供应充足，黑熊种群得以蓬勃发展。
人们几乎每天都能看到黑熊出现在机场跑道、高尔夫球场、学校附近，在超市和温泉度假村引发恐慌。
这一问题十分严重，以至于美国国务院去年警告在日美国人要警惕黑熊。
去年黑熊袭人致死事件数量创下纪录后，一家日本生产外形凶猛的机器狼的公司订单暴增。
“怪物狼”是一款会动的仿真稻草人，配有闪烁的红眼，会发出嚎叫和威胁性的咆哮以驱赶野生动物。
Bear that caused panic and nearly 100 school closures captured north of Tokyo: “So relieved”
June 9, 2026 / 7:42 AM EDT / CBS/AP
A wandering bear that scared residents of a Japanese city just north of Tokyo was captured on Tuesday after several days of panic during which nearly 100 schools were closed.
The bear was first spotted on Saturday near a park in Utsunomiya, a city north of Tokyo with a population of half a million.
City officials said they received dozens of reports of bear sightings in the following days, including near a library, schools and a community center. The bear sightings had forced the closure of all 94 public primary and middle schools in the city on Monday and Tuesday.
The city issued bear warnings via social media and dispatched a public announcement vehicle, urging residents to take shelter inside buildings and vehicles if they encounter a bear, and to make sure to lock doors and windows and not to put out garbage at night.
On Tuesday afternoon, the bear was found on a private property and shot by a veterinarian with a tranquilizer gun, city official Ryuhei Irie said. Nobody was injured.
City officials used a drone Tuesday to track the animal down after it was spotted earlier in the day at a university campus, causing cancellations of all classes.
Officials believe there was only one bear but that they are investigating to be safe, Irie said.
Police are seen at a residential area where a bear showed up in Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, June 9, 2026. Kyodo News via AP
Issei Okabe, a 37-year-old house painter who lives in an apartment next to the house where the bear was caught, told AFP he was “so relieved.”
“My kid goes to the primary school nearby… and news reports said a bear appeared around there,” he said. “Then I watched the news, and our house was shown (in the footage)… I was so surprised. This is the first time I heard of a wild bear in Utsunomiya.”
The bear scare in Utsunomiya was the latest example of encroachment by Japan’s growing bear population in areas with an aging and declining human population.
Last week, another bear attacked four people in a residential area of Fukushima, in northeastern Japan, causing moderate injuries. The “extremely intelligent” bear has remained at large after apparently unlatching a window while evading capture, NHK reported.
A bear walks on the premises of an office in Fukushima, Japan, June 2, 2026. Kyodo News via AP
The Japanese government in March estimated the country’s overall bear population at around 57,800. Officials have adopted a road map for bear population management that calls for systematic culls.
A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation.
Bears are thriving thanks in part to an abundance of food — including acorns, deer and boars — under the influence of a warming climate, experts say.
The animals have been seen on airport runways, walking on golf courses, roaming near schools and causing panic in supermarkets and hot spring resorts almost on a daily basis.
The problem was so bad that last year the U.S. State Department warned Americans in Japan to be alert for bears.
A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.
“Monster Wolf” is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals.
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