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Japan to enlist retired cops, soldiers to cull bears
TOKYO: Japan is trying to enlist retired police officers to fight bears as the nation battles a record wave of…
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Japan to arm riot police with rifles in fight against bear attacks
TOKYO: Japan will allow riot police to shoot bears with rifles in a revision of its strict gun laws announced…
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Japan sends troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks
An army truck, several jeeps, and more than a dozen soldiers, some carrying body armour, gathered on Wednesday morning in…
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Japanese region asks army to cull bears as attacks spike
TOKYO: The governor of Japan’s Akita, a mountainous northern prefecture, has called for the military’s help to protect residents from…
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Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks
In a separate incident in the central Toyama region, an official told AFP “a woman in her 70s was injured…
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Apparent bear attack kills man in Japan as deaths mount
On Wednesday, police found a dead man apparently attacked by a bear in another part of Iwate. Local broadcaster TV…
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Bear injures two in Japan supermarket, man killed in separate attack
The store is close to mountainous areas but has never had bears come near before, Hiroshi Horikawa, a management planning…
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Hiker found dead after bear attack in Japan forest
TOKYO: A hiker attacked by a wild brown bear was found dead in northern Japan on Friday (Aug 15), officials…
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Bear roaming runway halts flights at Japanese airport
TOKYO: A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday (Jun 26) and declare itself…
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Shanghai bear cub Junjun becomes breakout star
SHANGHAI: Adoring crowds are flocking to a zoo in Shanghai to watch Junjun, a bear cub just 11 months old,…
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