FWIW there are still bears in Japan:
http://www.tofugu.com/2014/04/17/japan-cant-decide-if-bears-...
There are also bears of another species not mentioned there. That said,
> You are far more likely to be eaten by a fellow human.
this is still true.
http://www.tofugu.com/2014/04/17/japan-cant-decide-if-bears-...
There are also bears of another species not mentioned there. That said,
> You are far more likely to be eaten by a fellow human.
this is still true.
Only on Hokkaido (which has 3 different brown bear lineages, and more bears than the contiguous US)