Japan will take tougher measures to control its population of bears, its environment minister said Friday after recent record fatalities from bear attacks.Japan designated bears as a species for population control in April 2024, but sightings and attacks have surged, with seven people killed already in the current fiscal year starting April."We will strengthen our bear population control measures based on scientific data," Environment Minister Keiichiro Asao said at a press conference.He urged people to heed local information about bear sightings provided by municipalities.In Iwate Prefectu…READ FULL ARTICLE
