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☆ 3 Bears Are Captured After Sneaking Into a Tatami Factory as Northern Japan Faces a Growing Problem
  + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
TOKYO (AP) — Three bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured, according to town officials. An owner of the tatami factory said he saw the bears walking outside but never thought they would come inside. Town officials and police officers rushed to the site, each wearing a helmet and carrying a shield, and kept watch. They later set up a pair of cages at the entrance of the tatami factory and waited overnight. Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesMisato issued an urgent message later Thursday to residents that all three bears had been captured.
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☆ Vending machine in remote Japan town sells meat from intruding bears
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Irene Wang | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/3] A vending machine menu offering Asian Black Bear meat, Akita Beef and dried mountain stream fish is seen in front of a Soba Noodle restaurant in Semboku, Akita prefecture, Japan April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Irene WangSEMBOKU, Japan, April 6 (Reuters) - A remote Japanese town has taken to selling bear meat from a vending machine, sourcing its supply to Asian black bears, listed as a vulnerable species, caught in traps or in the mountains by hunters. Asian black bears are listed as vulnerable, but not critically so, and it is legal to eat bear in Japan. Vending machines throughout Japan offer everything from drinks, snacks and surgical masks to more exotic fare such as edible insects and whale meat. "Bear meat isn't very common so we want tourists who come to visit the town to buy it," Sato said.
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