{"id":23222,"date":"2026-07-15T07:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/japan-family-finds-bear-inside-kitchen-after-animal-breaks-into-home-and-raids-fridge\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:15:51","slug":"japan-family-finds-bear-inside-kitchen-after-animal-breaks-into-home-and-raids-fridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/japan-family-finds-bear-inside-kitchen-after-animal-breaks-into-home-and-raids-fridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan family finds bear inside kitchen after animal breaks into home and raids fridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TOKYO, July 15 — A family in northern Japan called police after finding a bear in their kitchen, an official said Wednesday, as anxiety over the animals grows following a surge in deadly maulings.<\/p>\n

Bears have killed at least five people in Japan since April 1, all in the northern region of Tohoku, after a record 13 fatal attacks across the country in the last fiscal year, according to the environment ministry.<\/p>\n

Police in the northern region of Iwate, which is part of Tohoku, received a call Monday evening from a family saying a bear had intruded into their home.<\/p>\n

The animal “opened the fridge, scattering its content nearby,” a local police official told AFP,<\/em> declining to be named.<\/p>\n

Footprints suggest the bear then “made its way out through a back door adjacent to the kitchen and also hunted through a bin for food waste,” the official said.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred in the town of Shizukuishi, where at least four other households have reported bear intrusions since July 5, he added.<\/p>\n

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In recent months there has been a jump in sightings after the bears emerged from hibernation, and more bears have been straying into towns and cities.<\/p>\n

In June, dozens of police, hunters and city officials needed four days to trap a bear roaming Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, forcing mass school closures.<\/p>\n

Before that another bear described as “extremely intelligent”—it opened a window and turned on a tap—attacked four people at two factories in Fukushima and remained at large for days.<\/p>\n

Scientists attribute the sharp rise in incidents to an increase in the bears’ population, a declining number of people in rural areas and other factors including variations in the availability of bears’ usual food. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TOKYO, July 15 — A family in northern Japan called police after finding a bear in their kitchen, an official said Wednesday, as anxiety over the animals grows following a surge in deadly maulings. Bears have killed at least five people in Japan since April 1, all in the northern region of Tohoku, after a…<\/p>\n

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