Record number of bear attacks in Japan | Asia News Week | ABC NEWS
Japan has deployed troops to the country’s mountainous north to help trap bears as authorities struggle with a wave of attacks. There have been more than 100 bear attacks in the country since April, with at least 13 people killed. North Asia correspondent James Oaten tells Asia News Week’s Yvonne Yong what is behind the increase in numbers and what residents are doing to address the issue.
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