Japan Deploys Troops Amid Surge in Bear Attacks
TL;DR
Japan has deployed the Ground Self-Defense Force to assist in trapping and managing a surge in bear attacks in Akita prefecture, where over 100 people have been injured and 12 killed since April, due to increasing bear populations encroaching on residential areas amid a declining human population. The military's role is limited to trapping and transportation, not hunting, as authorities seek to control the growing threat.
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