‘Exhaustion is reaching limits’: Japan sends troops to trap bears after deaths

29/10/2025
‘Exhaustion is reaching limits’: Japan sends troops to trap bears after deaths

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Japan’s Self-Defence Forces (SDF) will deploy units to the northern region of the country to help protect locals from bears, amid rising cases of attacks and a growing sense of “crisis”, according to authorities.
There have already been a record 10 fatalities across the nation this year.
Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Monday said he was looking into the possibility of sending troops to Akita prefecture in response to requests from the prefectural government, with officials in Tokyo...

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