2026年6月30日 / 美国东部时间早上6:17 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
一名日本地方官员周二向法新社透露，日本警方正在调查又一起疑似致命熊袭事件，今年以来此类死亡案件数量仍处于异常高位。
近年来日本的熊袭事件呈上升趋势，科学家将其归因于熊的种群数量激增以及农村地区人口持续减少。
青森县北部当局周一表示，当天在山区发现的一名男性死者可能遭遇了熊的袭击。
一名地方官员周二向法新社透露，“警方仍在调查该男子的死因”，但其身上发现了熊的咬痕。按照日本的惯例，该官员未透露姓名。
根据政府数据，过去三个月的致命伤人事件较去年同期激增了五倍。
根据环境省的另一项统计数据，自4月以来已有5人因熊袭死亡。
环境省可公开查询的、可追溯至2018年3月结束的财年的数据显示，今年是4月至6月期间首次出现超过2人死亡的情况。
去年日本共有创纪录的13人被熊杀害，随着这些动物在冬眠后因饥饿而出没，人与熊的遭遇事件急剧增加。
官方数据显示，截至今年3月的一整年里，全国范围内的熊目击次数超过5万次，是两年前创下的前纪录的两倍多。
致命趋势仍在持续
青森县的这起疑似袭击事件，是日本不断增长的熊群在人口老龄化且持续减少的地区不断渗透的最新案例。
本月早些时候，东京北部的宇都宫市部署了数十名警察、猎人及市政官员，以抓捕一只在街头游荡四天的熊，该事件迫使当地多所学校停课。
本月在福岛地区，一只熊在两家工厂和一处居民区袭击了四人，随后逃脱了猎人的追捕。
专家表示，受气候变暖影响，熊的食物来源——包括橡子、鹿和野猪——变得更加充足，这使得熊的种群得以繁盛。
人们几乎每天都能看到熊出现在机场跑道、高尔夫球场、学校附近，还会在超市和温泉度假村引发恐慌。
这一问题严重到去年美国国务院曾警告在日美国人要警惕熊的威胁。
一家日本公司生产的外形凶猛的机器狼因近期频发的熊袭事件收到了大量订单。“怪物狼”是一款机械动画稻草人，配有闪烁的红色眼睛，会发出嚎叫和极具威胁性的低吼以驱赶野生动物。
Body of suspected bear attack victim found on mountain in Japan as deadly encounters continue
June 30, 2026 / 6:17 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
Japanese police are investigating another suspected fatal bear attack, a local official told AFP on Tuesday, as the number of such deaths remains unusually high.
Bear attacks have been on the rise in Japan in recent years, something scientists attribute to a spike in the animals’ population and a declining number of people in rural areas.
Authorities in northern Aomori prefecture said on Monday that a man found dead on a mountain that day may have been attacked by a bear.
“Police are still investigating the cause” of the man’s death, but bear bite marks had been found on his body, a local official told AFP on Tuesday, not giving his name in line with common practice in Japan.
Fatal maulings in the last three months have jumped fivefold compared to last year, according to government data.
Five people have died due to bear attacks since April, according to separate statistics from the environment ministry.
Publicly available ministry data, dating back to the fiscal year ending March 2018, shows that this year is the first to see more than two deaths in the period from April to June.
A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in encounters as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation.
In the year to March, bear sightings nationwide topped 50,000 — more than double the previous record set two years earlier, according to official data.
Deadly trend continues
The apparent attack in Aomori marks the latest example of encroachment by Japan’s growing bear population in areas with an aging and declining human population.
Earlier this month, dozens of police officers, hunters and city officials were deployed in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to catch a bear that roamed the streets for four days, forcing mass school closures.
In the Fukushima region this month, a bear attacked four people at two factories and in a residential area, before escaping hunters.
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 amid the spate of bear attacks. “Monster Wolf” is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals
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