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In Japan's Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

AZUMINO, Japan (AP) — In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys. Wearing bright orange vests, the humans ring bells, blow whistles and strike rocks and trees with walking ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Japanese residents battle monkeys to save property

AZUMINO, Japan -- In the foothills of Japan's Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys. Wearing bright orange vests, the humans ring bells, blow whistles and strike rocks and trees with walking ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

In Japan's Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

Enter the Monkey Chasing Squad, about 50 paid, part-time civil servants who try to control the monkeys. Before 2023, nearly all the monkeys in Ariake, a district of Azumino city, lived within the town ...
The Boston Globe

In Japan’s Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

AZUMINO, Japan — In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys. Wearing bright orange vests, the humans ring bells, blow whistles, and strike rocks and trees with walking ...
AOL

In Japan's Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

A monkey rests on a branch of a tree in the woods near a residential area in Azumino, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) AZUMINO, Japan (AP) — In the foothills of Japan's ...