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Bears Are Back In Japan — Is It Time To Unleash The Wolf Robots?
The hunter feels forced to lie to the 12 deities of the mountain. At the foot of the forests of Minakami, in Japan’s central ...
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Bear enters man’s living room as Japan debates ‘emergency shooting’ rules amid rising attacks
Reports said a man in snowy Fukushima region on Monday evening found a bear lying under his kotatsu – a low table with a ...
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Why Japan has eased bear-shooting laws
Japan is experiencing a surge in bear sightings and attacks, with a record 219 serious incidents last year, due to food ...
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Increasing number of Japanese bears find human dwellings ‘just right’
Cases of bears making their way into homes and shops are on the rise across the country as the animal's natural food sources ...
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Bear attacks are rising in Japan. Aging hunters are on the front line.
SUNAGAWA, Hokkaido--A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had ...
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Bear enters Japanese home, rests under heated table
Reports said the man, living in snowy Fukushima region, found the bear on Monday evening lying under his kotatsu, a low table ...
Man finds bear in living room as Japan readies licence to kill
The Japanese government has proposed loosening restrictions on shooting these animals. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan's most ancient 'human fossils' are from a bear: researchers
NAGOYA -- What were until now thought to be the oldest human fossils found in Japan, known as the "Ushikawa man," are ...
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Bear attacks and wildlife damage to crops on the rise in northern Japan
SENDAI, Japan -- Wildlife such as deer and boars are increasingly damaging crops in the Tohoku region on the north of Japan's main island, while human encounters with bears -- including attacks by the ...
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Japan to revise law for emergency animal shootings due to rise in bear attacks
The Japanese government plans to revise the law to allow municipalities to authorize "emergency shootings" by hunters when ...
The Straits Times28d
Bear attacks are rising in Japan; ageing hunters are on the front line
SUNAGAWA, Japan – A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. A brown bear slumped in a cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had been ...