Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

Tourists camp near Kurile Lake on the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 20, 2017. Home to around 500 wild bears, the area around the lake is called a bears' paradise, gaining popularity among tourists from Japan, Europe and the United States for rare bear viewings at close range. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

A brown bear and a man are separated by a simple electric fence near Kurile Lake on the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 20, 2017. Home to around 500 wild bears, the area around the lake is called a bears' paradise, gaining popularity among tourists from Japan, Europe and the United States for rare bear viewings at close range. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

A brown bear and her cubs walk in a line at the edge of Kurile Lake on the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 20, 2017. Home to around 500 wild bears, the area around the lake is called a bears' paradise, gaining popularity among tourists from Japan, Europe and the United States for rare bear viewings at close range. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

Bears' paradise in Kamchatka, Russia

A brown bear sits down at the edge of Kurile Lake on the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 20, 2017. Home to around 500 wild bears, the area around the lake is called a bears' paradise, gaining popularity among tourists from Japan, Europe and the United States for rare bear viewings at close range. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Satellite data shows sand covered northwest Pacific

Satellite data shows sand covered northwest Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Photo of satellite imagery, provided by Akiko Higurashi, shows that sand blown over from continental Asia which recently affected Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido covered a vast swathe of the northwestern Pacific. Higurashi, a researcher from the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, said the sand reached from the Sea of Japan in the east, covering Hokkaido and the northern tip of the main island of Honshu, stretching northeast over the Kurile Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.