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Hokkaido Governor Takashi Kudo is a Japanese politician who has been involved in a controversy surrounding the killing of a brown bear that attacked a newspaper delivery man in Fukushima Town.
According to news reports from Yahoo! Japan and Okinawa Times, among others, the killing of the bear sparked a flood of protests and complaints to the Hokkaido government, with over 120 opinions being submitted between July 12 and 24. The incident has sparked debate about how to deal with wild bears in the region. Yahoo! Japan reported that the governor has expressed frustration at the criticism, stating that it is difficult to do his job with so many protests.