Japan wants to make it easier to shoot bears as attacks rise
By Annabelle Liang & Chika Nakayama, BBC News, in Singapore and Tokyo Facing an alarming rise in bear attacks, Japan wants to make it easier to shoot the animals in residential areas - but hunters say it is too risky. In the year to April, there were a record 219 bear attacks in the country - six of them fatal, according to official data. Deadly attacks have continued to occur in recent months, as
