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NHK
3 days ago
- NHK
DNA analysis finds bear shot dead in Hokkaido killed two residents
Officials in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido say a brown bear that fatally attacked a man last week was the same animal that attacked a woman four years ago. A 52-year-old newspaper delivery man in the town of Fukushima, southern Hokkaido, died on July 12 after he was mauled by a bear. On Friday, a male brown bear was shot dead in the town. A local research institute conducted a DNA analysis taken from a sample of the bear's fur and concluded that it matched that of fur found on the victim's clothes and near the scene of the attack. It also said the bear's DNA matched that of a bear which fatally attacked a woman in her 70s four years ago. The officials have determined that the bear killed both the man and the woman. The prefectural government has lifted an alert issued in the town, but is still urging residents to stay vigilant for bears.
Japan Times
03-06-2025
- General
- Japan Times
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito to take 50% pay cut over info leak
The Hyogo prefectural government said Tuesday that it plans to cut Gov. Motohiko Saito's monthly salary by half over three months from July, after the personal information of a whistleblower held by the prefecture was leaked. The 50% cut includes a 30% reduction that the governor pledged in his reelection campaign. The Hyogo government will submit an ordinance on the additional cut to the prefectural assembly soon. Saito told reporters that he will punish himself over the poor information management. "As the head of the organization, I feel responsible for not being able to properly manage information held by the prefecture," he said. The personal information was that of a former prefectural government employee who wrote and distributed a document alleging harassment by Saito in March 2024 and who died four months later. During its investigation of the document, the prefecture found the personal information of the former official in question stored in his government-issued computer. This information was later leaked online. In a report on the matter released in May, a third-party committee said the leaked information is the same as that discovered by the Hyogo government in the computer. In a separate report released in the same month, another third-party committee said that Chiaki Inomoto, the former head of the prefecture's general affairs department, had leaked the personal information to prefectural assembly members. It concluded that this was likely to have been carried out under Saito's instructions. The prefectural government also plans to widen the pay cut for Vice Gov. Yohei Hattori from 15% to 25% for three months from July over his role in the leak.
