On the morning of the thirteenth, a lady in her 80s who was amassing chestnuts within the forest in Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture, was attacked by a bear and suffered accidents to her neck and different areas. This 12 months, 40 individuals had been injured in bear assaults in Akita Prefecture, twice as many as within the earlier 12 months, and the prefecture and police are calling for vigilance.