Members of the Floor Self-Protection Pressure have been dispatched to Akita Prefecture to help with bear management on Wednesday — though they aren’t permitted to cull the bears — because the variety of assaults and subsequent fatalities proceed to rise within the prefecture and nationwide.
“We had been receiving determined cries from the bottom saying they may now not handle the scenario, and it’s merely unimaginable to reply with solely the sources accessible inside the prefecture, together with the municipalities, the prefectural police, and the native searching affiliation,” stated Akita Gov. Kenta Suzuki on Wednesday morning. “In the meantime, residents’ lives and property are being threatened every day.”
“In mild of this actuality, we’ve determined to request the cooperation of the Protection Ministry,” which oversees the Self-Protection Forces, he added.
