The Environment Ministry is looking to increase its funding to local governments to enable them to respond better to bear attacks, which are becoming increasingly common throughout the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/budget-increase-eyed-bear-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #environmentministry #budgets

Divers have spent more than a month searching a lake south of Manila for the bodies of men with links to the Philippines' bloody national obsession: cockfighting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/philippines-online-cockfighting-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #philippines #gambling #animals