Foreign Tourist Attacked by Bear at Lake Towada in Aomori

A foreign tourist was injured after being attacked by a bear near an observation deck on the shore of Lake Towada in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, on August 22, suffering a bite to his right arm and a bruised right shoulder. Shortly after 10 a.m., emergency services received a call from a person who had helped the victim near an observation deck in the Okuse area of Towada City, reporting that a…