- Passengers spent the night on an express train in Hokkaido, Japan, after it derailed following a collision with a bear.
- None of the 34 passengers and crew members travelling from Asahikawa to Wakkanai were injured during the incident.
- The derailment comes amid a surge in dangerous bear encounters across Japan, with animals increasingly entering human settlements.
- Experts attribute the rise in encounters to growing bear populations, climate-related food changes, and rural depopulation.
- Record numbers of fatal bear attacks have prompted Japanese authorities to take measures including military deployments and resuming hunting.
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