The first car of a passenger train plunged after colliding with a bear on the highway between the cities of Asahawa and Wakkanai on the island of Hokkaido. According to JR Hokkaido, no one was injured. However, passengers spent the night on the train from October 30 to 31, as the driver feared that the bear might only get hurt and endanger itself. In the morning, people were taken to the nearest station by taxi, but traffic on the highway was stopped. JR has yet to say when it will be returned. The bear raids in fiscal year 2020 (ending March 31, 2026) caused the largest damage to Hokkaido residents since 1991, amounting to 487 million yuan (more than & #036;3 million). Such losses have increased for the third year in a row. Bears, in particular, destroy crops of corn and sugar cane, plantations. As a result of the attack of these animals in Japan from April to the beginning of September, six people were killed, almost 30 were wounded and injured. In total, the appearance of bears near settlements was recorded across the country almost 17,400 times, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. This is the highest number in the last five years, the document said.