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Japan deployed military troops to Akita prefecture Wednesday to combat a surge of bear attacks that has injured over 100 and killed 12.

Soldiers will trap bears and support local hunters but will not use firearms, as the animals invade schools, train stations and residential areas.

The crisis stems from Japan’s aging rural population and shortage of trained hunters, with experts calling for government-trained bear cullers.

TOKYO — Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita.

Reports of sometimes deadly encounters with brown bears and Asiatic black bears are bei

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