Bear attacks tourists at bus station in JapanA bear was shot dead on Saturday after it attacked nine people, mostly tourists, at a bus station in a mountainous moun·tain·ous adj. 1. Having many mountains. 2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves. mountainous Adjective 1. area of central Japan, Kyodo news Kyodo News (共同通信社 Kyōdō Tsūshinsha) is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It was established in 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. agency reported. Four men were seriously injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the attack in Takayama, Gifu prefecture Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県 Gifu-ken , Kyodo said, quoting local police After the attack, the bear, which was about 1.3 metres (four foot) tall, fled into the bus terminal building where it was trapped in a souvenir shop by employees. The bear was later shot dead by hunters, Kyodo said. An expert on Asian black bears told the agency it was unusual for them to attack humans and suggested it may have panicked. The bus station is at the end of a scenic road where buses take tourists through the spectacular mountain scenery between May and October. 
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