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Japan grapples with growing bear threat amid record number of attacks
According to hotel operators, bears were first spotted in the area about five years ago. Since then, businesses have taken…
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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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