Brown bears have been reported as the largest land mammal in Japan and can be found only in Hokkaido.
When the employee returned to pick up the 54-year-old later that day, he spotted a large brown bear with fishing waders in its mouth.After the local town office and police were informed, a bear hunt was launched, and a human head was found on the banks of a lake in Shumarinai Prefectural Natural Park on Monday. The police are trying to establish the identity of the victim.Nishikawa told people that he was going fishing, said the local police in the report.
The lake in northern Hokkaido draws anglers who aim to catch Sakhalin taimen, a rarely caught fish in Japan, as well as Japanese smelt and trout. Brown bears are the largest land mammal in Japan and can be found only in Hokkaido, said The Yomiuri Shimbun.
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