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Bear on runway forces airport in Japan to cancel flights: "We're in a stalemate"

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Black bear appeared at Japan 's Yamagata Airport on Thursday morning .

Airport closed runway and declared itself off-limits to passengers for the day .

First sighting resulted in a delay of up to an hour of four flights, before the animal reemerged around noon.

Human encounters with bears have reached record levels in Japan , with 219 people attacked.

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English

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