After a year of gruesome bear attacks in Japan left 6 dead and more than 200 injured, Dateline investigates why bear encounters are on the rise and what Japan’s doing to protect both humans and bears.

00:00 Japan's bear problem
03:33 What happened in Kita-Akita on October 18, 2023
05:58 A man who survived a bear attack
10:58 A deadly year
12:05 What's causing a surge in bear encounters?
14:41 How bears regain habitats from humans
15:35 The government measures
20:27 How one town remained attack-free without culling
25:50 Can bears and humans co-exist peacefully?

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