Tokyo, 03 September, /AJMEDIA/
An elderly couple in their 70s were injured Sunday morning during an attack by a black bear in a field in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, police said.
The black bear first attacked the husband at around 5:20 a.m. when he was watering a field in Minamiuonuma, leaving him with injuries on his face and arms, according to the police.
His wife was then scratched by the bear on her right arm after rushing to the scene. A neighbor called for an ambulance.
Black bears inhabit some parts of the Japanese archipelago, while the much larger brown bear lives in Hokkaido, the country’s northernmost main island.