Bear Encounters Increasing in Japan's Urban Areas; 2 Dead in Hokkaido, Iwate Prefectures in July

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HAKODATE, Hokkaido / KITAKAMI, Iwate — Bears are increasingly entering human-inhabited areas and attacking people living there. In July, two people were killed each in Iwate and Hokkaido prefectures. Depopulation and expansion of abandoned farmland have brought bear habitats closer to urban areas, l...

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