Japan aims to establish bear population control by 2030, hopes to achieve ‘coexistence’
The government has created its first roadmap for bear population control following a series of attacks on humans.
Morio Kodama
Bear sightings in Japan continue through hibernation season, 10,000 cases reported in Nov alone
Experts believe the bears have been avoiding hibernation after learning there is food available near human settlements. Local municipalities and others are on high alert against…
Japan’s regional specialty agriculture suffers increasing damage from bears
Bears, which should normally be hibernating at this time of year, have continued to be sighted even since the New Year began.