List (newest first, 40 in total)
Person in their 50s scouting fishing spot hurt, bone broken
Riverbank of the Kakkonda River, Nishine
Bear sighting reported near Shizukuishi town gymnasium
Near the town gymnasium (close to a high school and a junior high school)
Three bears seen near Yupias in Morioka
Near Yupias
Person in their 70s seriously injured in woods, Tanohata
Mountain forest in Okuchi
Bear sighting near Morioka Hachimangu Shrine
Near Morioka Hachimangu Shrine
Foreign hiker attacked and injured on the Michinoku Coastal Trail
Mountain forest in Tamagawa (on the Michinoku Coastal Trail)
Signs of a bear found in Shimosugaosawa, Genbicho
Shimosugaosawa, Genbicho
Person in their 80s working near a field attacked and injured
Near a field in Magata
Person in their 70s injured while farming in a paddy
Rice paddy in Miyamori
Person hurt after meeting three bears in Shimomasuzawa, Tono
Paddy fields in Shimomasuzawa, Miyamoricho
Person in their 70s attacked after working in a cowshed
Near a cowshed in Katabira
Bear breaks into Shizukuishi sweets workshop, eats doughnuts
Japanese confectionery workshop in the town
Bear enters the same house four times in seven days
A house in the town
Bear seen near Kurosawa bus stop in Kuzakai
Near Kurosawa bus stop, Kuzakai
Bear seen in Tsunagi, Morioka
Tsunagi
One bear cub seen in Sanseki, Ichinoseki
Sotoyaoki, Sanseki
Person in their 30s slightly injured on a mountain, Ichinohe
In the mountains, Torigoe district
One Asian black bear seen in Shimodate, Nagasawa, Kanegasaki
Shimodate, Nagasawa
Bear seen in Tamayama, Morioka
Tamayama
Person in their 40s attacked and injured near a gateball court
Near a gateball court in Kitanarushima, Towa
Bear breaks through a screen door and enters a house in Kamaishi
House in Ogawa-cho
Repeated bear sightings near Hanamaki Airport
Near Hanamaki Airport
Bear sighting near Kuji City Hall
Near Kuji City Hall
Pet cat in Otsuchi may have been eaten by a bear
A house in the town
Body of person in their 80s found near Nishiwaga river
Kozunagisawa district, near a mountain river
Yahaba posts response to bear sightings on May 15
Within Yahaba
Bear stays on Iwate University grounds; adult confirmed by drone
Iwate University (Ueda Campus) grounds
Bear seen near Honcho police box and in Uchimaru, Morioka
Near Honcho police box, Uchimaru
Bear at Takamatsu Park, Morioka
Takamatsu Park
Bear sighting reported near Miyako Nishi Junior High School
Near Miyako Nishi Junior High School