Japan's government has emergency measures to record numbers of bear attacks. The Ministry of Environment that 13 people have been killed, and more than 100 have been injured by bears since April. The death toll the highest since records in 2006. Wildlife management experts have a plan to reduce the increasing numbers of fatalities, injuries, and encounters with bears. Part of this plan is to bear populations in areas where the animals have been . Another feature is the establishment of region-specific capture targets. Authorities will also up a buffer zone in many areas to try to bear habitats from human residential areas.
There are two species of bear in Japan and their numbers have in the past decade. Estimates the Asian black bear population roughly since 2012 — rising from about 15,000 to around 44,000. The larger and more dangerous Ussuri brown bears, native to the northern island of Hokkaido, have in number. There are several reasons for the growth in bear populations. One is the shortage of beech nuts, which scientists to climate change. Another reason a declining number of licensed hunters, who largely responsible for bear culls. Finally, a depopulation of rural areas bears are into towns and villages.
