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A research team from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has successfully captured footage of an Asian black bear attacking a live deer caught in a trap — marking the first such recording and sparking safety concerns. While bears occasionally feed on deer carcasses or fawns, it is highly unusual for them to prey on live adult deer. The findings, published recently in the online edition of the International Association for Bear Research and Management’s journal, suggest that if bears learn to associate traps with easy prey, the risk of encounters with humans could rise. The footage was recorded in May last year in a forested area of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. The deer, an adult female, was caught in a snare — a type of trap that uses a wire loop to ensnare an animal’s leg — at around 3 a.m. on May 19. Source link

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A cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the U.S. immigration system has run into an early roadblock: an octogenarian federal judge in Seattle. In just 24 hours, John Coughenour, a U.S. district judge appointed by Ronald Reagan, has emerged as a celebrity among opponents of the new president’s agenda. The 83-year-old jurist, who stopped riding his Harley-Davidson just a few years ago at the urging of his wife, has long been known for directing tough questions at lawyers arguing cases in his courtroom. Coughenour’s probing, no-nonsense style was on full display Thursday in one of the highest-profile cases of his four-decades on the bench. He did little to hide that he was highly skeptical of the Trump executive order limiting birthright citizenship, as he weighed a bid from Washington state to block the administration’s plans. Source link

LOS ANGELES – Wearing a respirator, goggles, gloves and white protective booties, Shaun Kearney gazed at his house in Sunset Mesa, a coastal community next to Pacific Palisades. It survived the fires destroying Los Angeles, but the weekend forecast is for a different problem: rain. Kearney needs to seal a hole in the roof to stop precipitation that he fears will be laced with toxins. The hazardous chemicals belched from burning homes and cars are the biggest concern for Kearney as he thinks about recovery and rebuilding that he believes will take years. Source link

The town of Higashiura in Aichi Prefecture has said that two giant pieces of rock salt that it posted on the flea market app Mercari were sold for a total of ¥420,000 ($2,690). The blocks of rock salt, one weighing about 2.5 metric tons and the other about 3 metric tons, attracted a lot of media attention when the town first posted them on the app in April last year as part of its efforts to sell unneeded items from the town hall. The rock salt blocks were purchased by a man living in the city of Fukuoka on Tuesday and are expected to be delivered to him by the end of the month. He plans to display them at his shop in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, that sells Japanese yams. The town of Higashiura initially posted the blocks on Mercari priced at ¥300,000 each. A buyer didn’t emerge, so in November the town lowered their asking price and began promoting them in a local trade fair and elsewhere. “We have been working hard to promote their sale,” said a town official. “I would miss (the salt blocks) but I’m really happy that they now have a place to shine.” The town purchased the salt blocks, which originally come from Germany and the United States, in conjunction with the opening of the local museum in 1999. They had been exhibited but were moved to a warehouse when the exhibit content changed in 2019. Translated by The Japan Times Source link

WASHINGTON/BOGOTA – President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after the South American country turned away two U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of the new U.S. administration’s immigration crackdown. Colombia, America’s third largest trading partner in Latin America, swiftly responded, threatening a 50% tariff on U.S. goods. Trump’s punitive action appeared aimed at making an example of Colombia, the second case of a Latin American nation refusing U.S. military deportation flights. It was a demonstration of a more muscular U.S. foreign policy and showed a renewed willingness by Trump to force other countries to bend to his will. Source link

‘Hey oniichan (big brother), you want to come in and check out photos of our girls?” It’s only a little after 10 a.m. on a weekday, and middle-aged men with sluggish gazes — wearing grandpa sweaters and jersey pants — are trying to coax passersby into the brothel-esque bathhouses known as “soaplands” that line the streets in the northeastern corner of Senzoku, a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Taito Ward. The area is still referred to as Yoshiwara, for the pleasure quarters of the same name that flourished here during the Edo Period (1603-1868). It’s also the birthplace of Tsutaya Juzaburo, an 18th-century media maverick known for “discovering” and catapulting to stardom ukiyo-e masters such as Utamaro, Sharaku and, to a lesser extent, Hokusai. Source link

LIVERPOOL, England – Liverpool and Arsenal kept up their race for the Premier League title with victories over relegation-threatened opposition on Saturday, but the charge of third-placed Nottingham Forest faltered as the club was hammered 5-0 by surging Bournemouth. Liverpool cruised to a 4-1 win over Ipswich Town while Arsenal overcame the loss of defender Myles Lewis-Skelly to a harsh straight red card to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0. Six points clear of the Gunners on 53 points, Liverpool came roaring out of the traps at Anfield with Cody Gakpo scoring one goal and creating another for Mohamed Salah to send his side in 3-0 up at the break. Source link