A bear attacked has a Spanish tourist in a village popular with visitors, a local official said Monday, days after another mauling left one woman dead and another missing.
More and more wild bears have been spotted in Japan in recent years, even in residential areas, due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.
The 44-year-old tourist was pounced on from behind as he was walking to a bus stop Sunday, said Kazunari Takashima, an official from the village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, which hosts the Shirakawago settlement, a U.N. World Heritage site known for its traditional large houses with thatched roofs.
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