Japan's Defense Ministry has deployed troops in the northern prefecture of Akita, as pre reports. Not due to security threats, but to help tackle a surge in bear attacks that has seen 13 deaths across the nation since April.

Bear sightings have increased in Japan. Multiple videos circulating on social media, also showed a bear charging toward a moving car, with the driver accelerating in panic as the four-legged animal continued to chase it down the road. Netizens claim the incident happened in Japan's Hokkaido.

Apart from the 13 deaths,100 other people have been injured after encounters with brown bears and Asisatic black bears in Akita, as per multiple reports.

As per AFP, the number of fatalities from bear attacks is double the previous record of 2023-24, with five months of the fisc

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