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Co-existing with bears at Japan World Heritage site Shiretoko

Hatsusaburo Ose, a 79-year-old fisherman, works in the Rusha area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site on the eastern tip of Hokkaido in Japan on July 2, 2015, with brown bears moving around behind him. Ose says that secret of co-existing with bears is pretending not to notice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fishermen haul net off Shiretoko Peninsula

Fishermen haul a fixed net placed in the waters off Hatsusaburo Ose's fishing shed in the Rusha district of the Shiretoko Peninsula facing the Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan, on July 2, 2015. Shiretoko, which includes the land from the central part of the peninsula to Shiretoko Cape and the surrounding marine area, was added to UNESCO's World Heritage list in July 2005. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man chases off brown bears on Shiretoko Peninsula

Hatsusaburo Ose chases off brown bears (in the background) around his fishing shed in the Rusha district on the Shiretoko Peninsula facing the Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan, on July 2, 2015. Shiretoko, which includes the land from the central part of the peninsula to Shiretoko Cape and the surrounding marine area, was added to UNESCO's World Heritage list in July 2005. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo