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Story summary
- Japan reports its deadliest bear-attacks period on record, with 235 injuries and 13 deaths between April and November 2025.
- Authorities deploy pepper-spraying drones and robotic wolves to protect people while avoiding direct confrontations with bears.
- Experts attribute the rise to climate-change-related food shortages and a shrinking rural population pushing bears into cities.
- In Ishinomaki, officials plan spring operations using bear-repellent drones to deter bears and safeguard residents.
