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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 been ...
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Bear attacks on people on the increase in Japan
And in Asahikawa City in Hokkaido, northern Japan, officials are analyzing the DNA of fur and droppings left at the sites of bear sightings at four corn fields. The analysis found that the corn ...
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Japan approves ‘emergency’ urban bear shootings
In December, a bear rampaged through a supermarket in northern Japan for two days before being lured out with food coated in honey. It wounded a 47-year-old man before shoppers were evacuated and ...
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Most bear sprays are imports and hard to find as demands soars
“Everywhere in Japan is in the same situation, not just Hokkaido.” Makoto Nara, who works for Air-ism Ltd., a Sapporo-based dealer in outdoor goods that imports Bear Attack from the United ...
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Study Buddy (Explorer): Japan village told to ‘take precautions’ as rare bear sightings trigger memory of 1915 attack
Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] Sightings of a very large bear in northwest Hokkaido have triggered alarm in remote communities that have become synonymous with the ...
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Bear attacks in Japan hit record high — how to stay safe
Bear attacks in Japan are on the rise, with the number of incidents reaching a record high for the period from April to July this year. Amid the escalating cases, the environmental ministry is ...
KHQ1mon
Japan cabinet approves 'emergency' urban bear shootings
In December, a bear rampaged through a supermarket in northern Japan for two days before being lured out with food coated in honey. It wounded a 47-year-old man before shoppers were evacuated and ...