WORLD NEWS: In northern Japan, the population must relearn how to live with the bear
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LETTER FROM TOKYO A sign warning of the presence of bears near the place where a Spanish tourist was attacked, in Shirakawa (Japan), November 15, 2025. ISSEI KATO/REUTERS At the start of spring, bears come out of their hibernation, fueling fears of new attacks on people in the northern regions of Japan. In 2025, 237 residents and hikers were attacked, and 13 died. A number of victims so worrying that in December 2025, the Japanese, called as every year to choose the ideogram symbolizing that which is ending, opted for that of the bear. Following these attacks, several thousand plantigrades were killed by hunters, sometimes supported by soldiers. And new restaurants have appeared specializing in bear meat, a “regional” dish… According to Yoshikazu Sato, professor at Rakuno Gakuen University and president of an ecology laboratory, rather than hunting and hunting, “we must push the bears back into their natural habitat and capture more of them so that they relearn to be wary of humans”. This is the direction the government is heading. Bear management, which until now was the responsibility of each department, is now taken over at the national level by the Ministry of the Environment, which will demarcate fenced areas for bears in order to prevent their incursions into inhabited regions. You have 76.51% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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