5 hurt in bear attacks in 3 Japan prefectures

Five people were attacked by bears in three Japanese prefectures on Sunday, but none suffered life-threatening injuries, local authorities said.In Aomori Prefecture, a 57-year-old employee of a ramen shop was scratched on the face by a bear, which was around 1 meter long, when he stepped out of the shop's back door at around 5 a.m., according to authorities in the northeastern prefecture.A 78-year-old woman was also scratched on the face outside a house in Gojome in Akita Prefecture, also northeastern Japan, at around 6:05 a.m. by a bear of about the same length. The woman's 50-year-old dau…READ FULL ARTICLE