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Japan's love-hate relationship with bears
A town north of Tokyo closed nearly 100 schools due to bear sightings, while another Japanese town experienced a bear attack involving four people and property damage. Kazuhiko Maita, a researcher from the Institute for Asian Black Bear Research and Preservation, discusses the crisis.
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