STORY: A bear attack on Tuesday (June 2) at a business and residential area in northeastern Japan left four people injured.

Security footage from Fukushima Steel Works shows an Asian black bear chasing a worker by the entrance of the factory and throwing him to the ground. It then ran into a building, while being chased by a jeep.

According to local media report, it also injured another worker in his 60s at the same compound and a woman in her 80s in the neighbourhood.

The bear later went into the premises of another factory and attacked an employee in his 60s. As of Wednesday (June 3), it is believed to be still in the factory and local police have declared an emergency to allow the animal to be shot, according to local media.

Nearby elementary and junior high schools were closed on Wednesday, and the factory has suspended operations.

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Bear attacks people in Japan's Fukushima, injures 4

VIDEO SHOWS: SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWING BEAR ATTACKING WORKER AT FUKUSHIMA STEEL WORKS COMPANY AND RUNNING IN AND OUT OF BUILDING / STILL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING BROKEN GLASS DOOR / BEAR RUNNING AROUND COMPOUND AT ANOTHER FACTORY IN FUKUSHIMA / SOUNDBITES FROM LOCAL RESIDENT

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SHOWS: FUKUSHIMA, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (JUNE 2, 2026) (FUKUSHIMA STEEL WORKS - Must on-screen courtesy “Fukushima Steel Works”) (MUTE)

1. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWING BEAR CHASING AND ATTACKING WORKER AT ENTRANCE OF FUKUSHIMA STEEL WORKS BEFORE RUNNING INTO BUILDING, CHASED BY A VEHICLE

2. (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) STILL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING BROKEN GLASS DOOR OF BUILDING

3. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWING DRIVER OF VEHICLE WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO COME CLOSE / BEAR RUNNING OUT OF BUILDING

FUKUSHIMA, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (JUNE 2, 2026) (NIPPON TV / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from Nippon TV)

4. PEOPLE AT CLOSED ENTRANCE OF ELECTRONIC PARTS SUPPLIER OKI SYMPHO-TECH

5. PEOPLE SHOUTING (Japanese): “Run away!” / BEAR RUNNING OUT

6. VARIOUS OF BEAR RUNNING AROUND COMPOUND OF OKI SYMPHO-TECH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) UNIDENTIFIED LOCAL RESIDENT AND EYEWITNESS, SAYING:

“It (the bear) is really big.”

REPORTER ASKING: “On the top of the building?” /

“It was walking on the top of the building.”

8. BEAR RUNNING

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) UNIDENTIFIED LOCAL RESIDENT AND EYEWITNESS, SAYING:

“Then it disappeared somewhere.”

10. BEAR RUNNING BEHIND BUILDING