Wild boar shows soccer skills at island elementary school
A wild boar was spotted playing footie at an elementary school playground on Etajima in the early morning of March
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Wildlife
Monkey about town captured in city center parking lot
The cheeky primate that has been making a monkey out of local police for a week was finally captured today.
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Iwakuni bucks nationwide bear trend
Iwakuni seems to be bucking the nationwide trend of increased bear sightings.
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Bears closing in on Hiroshima City
Human-bear interactions are on the increase in the north of Japan and sightings are being reported here in the Hiroshima region on an almost daily basis.
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New home for Giant Salamanders at new Hiroshima aquarium
Two Japanese giant salamanders have been successfully moved to a new aquarium that is scheduled to open in Hiroshima city center at the end of the month.
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First local death due to tick-borne disease of the year confirmed in Kure
A woman in her 70s was rushed to the hospital on May 24th, but died later the same day due to the tick-borne disease Japanese Spotted Fever.
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“Murder hornet” strikes in Hiroshima Peace Museum
It was announced yesterday that a child visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was stung by a susume-bachi hornet.
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Hawks called in to stop Peace Wing poop
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are facing an unforeseen problem at their new Edion Peace Wing Stadium home and are hoping that nature
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Over 10,000 dead fish found on Shimane shore
Local media have been reporting the discovery of thousands of dead fish on the the Nakaumi lagoon on the Japan Sea coast of Shimane Prefecture.
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Yamaguchi town suffers spate of monkey attacks
A small town in Yamaguchi is under attack from wild monkeys. 8 people have been attacked in the area in the space of less than a week.
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