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Robot wolf to scare away bears

Yuji Ota, president of precision machining company Ohta Seiki, shows off in Naie in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2025, the Monster Wolf robot, which emits LED light and loud sounds to scare off wild animals when its infrared sensor activates. The company, based in the Hokkaido town, developed the tool amid a spate of bear attacks on humans, some fatal, across Japan this year.

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Robot wolf to scare away bears

Photo taken in Naie in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2025, shows the Monster Wolf robot, which emits LED light and loud sounds to scare off wild animals when its infrared sensor activates. Precision machining company Ohta Seiki, based in the Hokkaido town, developed the tool amid a spate of bear attacks on humans, some fatal, across Japan this year.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING TRACK (CN)

(230929) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lee Hyejin (R) of South Korea and Ohta Riyu of Japan compete during the Cycling Track Women's Sprint Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING TRACK (CN)

(230929) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lee Hyejin (L) of South Korea and Ohta Riyu of Japan react after the Cycling Track Women's Sprint Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING TRACK (CN)

(230929) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ohta Riyu of Japan react after the Cycling Track Women's Sprint Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING TRACK (CN)

(230929) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medallist Japan's Sato Mina (C), silver medallist China's Yuan Liying (L) and bronze medallist Japan's Ohta Riyu attend awarding ceremony after the Cycling Track Women's Sprint Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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Best-seller juvenile serial killer book stirring controversy

Photo taken June 17, 2015 shows a book titled "Zekka," published by Ohta Publishing Co., displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo. The memoir detailing the macabre accounts of a 1997 juvenile serial killer is stirring controversy, not only for its stomach-turning subject matter, but also because it was published without the family of the victims being notified in advance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Best-seller juvenile serial killer book stirring controversy

Photo taken June 17, 2015 shows a book titled "Zekka," published by Ohta Publishing Co., displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo. The memoir detailing the macabre accounts of a 1997 juvenile serial killer is stirring controversy, not only for its stomach-turning subject matter, but also because it was published without the family of the victims being notified in advance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo