From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze

IOL | 24.12.2025 13:45
In this picture taken on December 12, 2025, a bear taxidermy is displayed at a restaurant which offers bear meat in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. Since Japan recorded a spike in deadly bear attacks, Koji Suzuki has struggled to keep up with booming demand for grilled cuts of the animal at his restaurant. Cooked on a stone slate -- or in hot pot with vegetables -- the meat comes from bears culled to curb maulings that have killed a record 13 people this year.
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