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From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze

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People eating next to a bear skin rug at a restaurant which offers bear meat in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. (AFP)
People eating next to a bear skin rug at a restaurant which offers bear meat in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. (AFP)
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