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EXCLUSIVE: RYE, N.H. — It’s been 15 years since Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in swing state New Hampshire.

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But former Sen. John E. Sununu is confident he can break his party’s losing streak.

«This is a race I know I can win,» Sununu told Fox News Digital last month.

Sununu launched his 2026 GOP Senate campaign earlier this week, and on Friday explained why he’s the right person to flip the seat currently held by longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who’s retiring after next year. 

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Former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu of New Hampshire, who is running in 2026 to return to the Senate, is interviewed by Fox News Digital in Rye, N.H., on Oct. 24, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

«It’s the right message, the right set of issues, and also the right person,» Sununu told Fox News Digital, in his first national interview after declaring his candidacy.

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Sununu is a former three-term representative who defeated then-Gov. Shaheen in New Hampshire’s 2002 Senate election. But the senator lost to Shaheen in their 2008 rematch.

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Shaheen announced earlier this year that she wouldn’t seek re-election in next year’s midterms and Republicans are working to flip the seat as they aim to not only defend but expand their 53-47 Senate majority.

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Now, after nearly two decades in the private sector, Sununu is returning to the campaign trail in New England’s only swing state.

Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire isn't seeking reelection in 2026

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., seen speaking at a policy event in Concord, New Hampshire on Oct. 22, 2024, is not seeking re-election next year.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Sununu, in his launch video, said that nowadays «Congress just seems loud, dysfunctional, even angry,» and that he wants to «return to the Senate to help calm the waters.»

Asked if that’s the kind of message that the Republican base wants to hear, the former senator said: «They want to win. I think they want to have someone who advocates for New Hampshire and gets things done. Someone like me, who can walk into the Oval Office and work to keep taxes low for New Hampshire, work with the administration, work with President Trump.»

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Sununu’s said his «priorities are, affordability, keep taxes low, give our state just a strong, clear voice in Washington,» and that he’s «carrying that message across the state, meeting with activists, meeting with businesses, talking to them about their needs.»

«There are three things I’ve spent my life doing: standing up for New Hampshire, solving tough problems and working with people to get things done for New Hampshire. That’s exactly what I’ll do as senator,» he said.

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Sununu is a brand name in New Hampshire politics. The former senator’s father, John H. Sununu, is a former governor who later served as chief of staff in then-President George H.W. Bush’s White House. And one of his younger brothers is former Gov. Chris Sununu, who won election and re-election to four two-year terms steering the Granite State.

But Sununu won’t have a glide path to the GOP nomination.

Former Republican Sen. Scott Brown

Former Sen. Scott Brown, who launched a Republican Senate campaign in New Hampshire in June, is interviewed by Fox News Digital, on July 4, 2025, in Exeter, N.H.  (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News )

Former ambassador and former Sen. Scott Brown, who was elected and served three years in the Senate in neighboring Massachusetts, and who, as the 2014 GOP Senate nominee in New Hampshire, narrowly lost to Shaheen during her first re-election, jumped into the race in late June.

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«Our campaign will have the necessary resources for the long haul, and allow me to campaign the only way I know how: relentless hard work and a focus on retail politics that Granite State voters expect,» Brown said after Fox News first reported a couple of weeks ago that he hauled in roughly $1.2 million in fundraising the past three months.

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Brown has repeatedly taken aim at Sununu the past month over the former senator’s lack of past support for Trump, who holds immense clout over the GOP.

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Sununu served as national co-chair on the 2016 Republican presidential campaign of then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who declined to support Trump as the party’s nominee.

And Sununu, along with then-Gov. Chris Sununu, endorsed former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, as she battled Trump for the nomination.

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Former Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, center, is joined by then-New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, right, as they visit a polling location to greet voters casting ballots in the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, on Jan. 23, 2024, in Hampton, New Hampshire.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

And on the eve of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, the former senator wrote an opinion piece titled, «Donald Trump is a loser,» that ran in the New Hampshire Union Leader, the state’s largest daily newspaper.

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Brown endorsed Trump ahead of his 2016 New Hampshire primary victory, which launched him toward the GOP presidential nomination and ultimately the White House. Brown later served as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand during Trump’s first term.

«Anyone who thinks that a never Trump, corporate lobbyist who hasn’t won an election in a quarter century, will resonate with today’s GOP primary voters is living in a different universe. While John was supporting John Kasich in 2016, I was campaigning with Donald Trump,» Brown charged in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Asked about the criticism, Sununu said: «This race is about who is going to do the best job for New Hampshire, and I absolutely can work with the Trump administration on issues important to New Hampshire.»

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Brown, pointing to Sununu’s past decade and a half in the private sector, argued that «while John was fighting for special interests, I was serving in the first Trump administration.»

And the New Hampshire Democratic Party also blasted the former senator over his private sector tenure.

«John Sununu went to Washington almost 30 years ago, then cashed in, making millions selling out to corporations and working for Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Wall Street while the people of New Hampshire paid the price,» longtime state party chair Ray Buckley argued in a statement. «The only reason Sununu wants to go back to Washington now is to sell out New Hampshire to the same corporations and special interests that have lined his pockets for years. Granite Staters won’t let him sell us out again.»

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Sununu, pushing back, said: «I have never lobbied any member of Congress on any issue for any business. My work has been in technology in the private sector.»

«We need that background of business and private sector experience in Washington. We don’t want a bunch of lawyers making all the decisions in Washington,» Sununu added, in a jab at Brown, an attorney who served as dean of New England Law Boston after returning to the U.S. at the end of the Trump administration.

Trump, whose endorsement in Republican primaries is extremely influential, has remained neutral to date.

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President Donald Trump, seen celebrating in Nashua, New Hampshire on Jan. 23, 2024 after winning the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, remains neutral to date in the 2026 Senate primary in the Granite State. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)

But the president may be willing to overlook Sununu’s past jabs.

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, a Trump ally and chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, announced hours after Sununu’s launch that the Senate GOP’s campaign arm would back the former senator’s bid.

And the Senate Leadership Fund, the top super PAC supporting Senate Republicans — which is aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and steered by Trump world veterans — praised Sununu.

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Sununu told Fox News Digital he «would certainly like to have his [Trump’s] endorsement, and it would be, I think, helpful in the primary.»

«But the more support and endorsements you can have, the stronger your overall campaign is going to be,» he added as he listed a number of top New Hampshire Republicans who are now backing him, including Steve Stepanek, a longtime top Trump Granite State ally who chaired the president’s 2016 campaign in New Hampshire and served as senior adviser on last year’s campaign.

«They’ve all sort of joined this effort because they know I will be the best and most effective senator for the state of New Hampshire,» he touted.

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Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire is running for the Senate in 2026.

Democratic Senate candidate in New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas is interviewed by Fox News Digital, on July 4, 2025, in Portsmouth, N.H. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)

If he clears next September’s primary, Sununu would likely face off against four-term Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas.

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Pappas, who launched his Senate campaign in early April, is the clear frontrunner for his party’s nomination.

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De qué murió Dick Cheney, el poderoso exvicepresidente de George W. Bush

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Murió Dick Cheney, el poderoso exvicepresidente de George W. Bush y uno de los artífices de la guerra de Estados Unidos con Irak.

Cheney, de 84 años, murió este martes a causa de una neumonía y luego de sufrir complicaciones con enfermedades cardíacas que padecía hace tiempo.

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Conocido por su gran influencia en la política interna de Estados Unidos, se consagró como el 46° vicepresidente estadounidense en 2001 y acompañó a Bush en sus dos mandatos.

Si bien su carrera política comenzó casi dos décadas antes, el camino de Cheney dentro de la Casa Blanca inició en 1989, cuando fue nombrado secretario de Defensa por George Bush padre.

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Bajo ese rol es que dirigió el Pentágono durante la guerra del Golfo de 1990-91, donde el ejército estadounidense expulsó a las tropas de Irak de Kuwait.

Cuando Bush hijo comenzó su carrera presidencial, buscó su ayuda para encontrar un candidato a la vicepresidencia. Luego de algunos vaivenes, George W. Bush se inclinó por Cheney como compañero de fórmula.

ARCHIVO – El ex vicepresidente de Estados Unidos Dick Cheney se dirige a un mitin de campaña para Gus Bilirakis, un republicano que se presenta por el distrito de Tampa Bay que deja su padre en Tampa, Florida, el 21 de julio de 2006. (AP Foto/Steve Nesius, Archivo)

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Desde el principio de ese mandato, Cheney y Bush hicieron un pacto tácito en el que el flamante vicepresidente dejaría de lado las ambiciones por ser el jefe de la Casa Blanca, y, en paralelo, mantenía un poder comparable en algunos aspectos al de la presidencia misma.

En el Capitolio, Cheney trabajó por los proyectos del presidente en los pasillos que había recorrido como congresista conservador y como el número dos de la Cámara de Representantes.

Durante su tiempo en el cargo, la vicepresidencia dejó de ser un puesto ceremonial. Lo convirtió en una red de canales secundarios desde los cuales podía influir en la política sobre Irak, el terrorismo, los poderes presidenciales, la energía y otros pilares de una agenda conservadora.

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Durante los meses posteriores al atentado a las Torres Gemelas, Cheney operó desde ubicaciones no reveladas, separado de Bush para asegurar que uno u otro sobreviviera a cualquier ataque posterior contra el liderazgo del país.

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Con Bush fuera de la ciudad en ese fatídico día, Cheney fue una presencia constante en la Casa Blanca, al menos hasta que los agentes del Servicio Secreto se lo llevaron.

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Pero bien entrado el segundo mandato de Bush, la influencia de Cheney disminuyó, cercada por los tribunales o las realidades políticas cambiantes.

Años después de dejar el cargo, se convirtió en un objetivo del presidente Donald Trump, especialmente después de que su hija, Liz Cheney, se alzara como la principal crítica y examinadora republicana de los desesperados intentos de Trump por mantenerse en el poder después de su derrota electoral y sus acciones en el motín del 6 de enero de 2021 en el Capitolio.

En un anuncio televisivo para su hija, Cheney afirmó que “en los 246 años de historia de nuestra nación, nunca ha habido un individuo que representara una mayor amenaza» para la república “que Donald Trump”.

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FILE PHOTO: Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush waves with his newly named vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney as they left Casper, Wyoming July 26, 2000.  REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush waves with his newly named vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney as they left Casper, Wyoming July 26, 2000. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

También dijo que Trump “intentó robar la última elección usando mentiras y violencia para mantenerse en el poder después de que los votantes lo rechazaran” y que era “un cobarde”.

En un giro que los demócratas de su época nunca podrían haber imaginado, Dick Cheney dijo el año pasado que votaría por su candidata, Kamala Harris, en las elecciones presidenciales contra Trump.

Sobreviviente de cinco ataques cardíacos, Cheney pensó durante mucho tiempo que vivía con tiempo prestado y declaró en 2013 que ahora se despertaba cada mañana “con una sonrisa en mi rostro, agradecido por el regalo de otro día”, una imagen extraña para una figura que siempre parecía estar en las barricadas.

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Tiempo antes reveló que había desactivado la función inalámbrica de su desfibrilador por temor a que los terroristas enviaran remotamente a su corazón una descarga fatal.

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“Durante décadas, Dick Cheney sirvió a nuestra nación, desempeñando cargos como Jefe de Gabinete de la Casa Blanca, Congresista por Wyoming, Secretario de Defensa y Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos”, señaló un comunicado de su familia.

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En el mismo, sus familiares agregaron: “Dick Cheney fue un gran hombre que enseñó a sus hijos y nietos a amar a nuestro país y a vivir con valentía, honor, amor, bondad y a disfrutar de la pesca con mosca”.

“Le estamos profundamente agradecidos por todo lo que hizo por nuestra nación. Y nos sentimos inmensamente afortunados de haber amado y haber sido amados por este noble e imponente hombre”, cerraron.

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Key takeaways from the 2025 elections

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After last year’s stunning electoral setbacks, Democrats needed a big night on Tuesday.

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And they got it.

«Democrats Sweep Election Night, Fueling Momentum Going Into 2026 Midterms,» screamed the headline from a Democratic National Committee (DNC) email late in the evening, as the party pointed to double-digit victories in the gubernatorial elections in blue-leaning New Jersey and Virginia, and convincing victories in crucial ballot box showdowns in Democrat-dominated California and battleground Pennsylvania.

In arguably the most closely watched election this autumn, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history as the first Muslim and first Millennial elected New York City mayor.

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New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill speaks during an election night party in East Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

While Mamdani’s victory in the nation’s most populous city is a shot in the arm for the rise of the socialist movement, it also appears to be a political gift for Republicans.

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Here are three key takeaways from Election Night 2025.

1. The Mamdani factor

Since Mamdani’s Democratic mayoral primary victory in June, Republicans have repeatedly aimed to make the now-34-year-old Ugandan-born state lawmaker from New York City the new face of the Democratic Party, as they work to characterize Democrats as far-left socialists.

And as Mamdani was on his way to a roughly 9-point win in Tuesday’s general election over former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was running as an independent, the GOP struck again.

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«Democrats have officially handed New York City over to a self-proclaimed Communist, and hardworking families will be the ones paying the price,» Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Joe Gruters claimed in a statement. «His election is proof that the Democrat Party has abandoned common sense and tied themselves to extremism.»

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokesman Mike Marinella charged that «the Democrat Party has surrendered to radical socialist Zohran Mamdani and the far-left mob who are now running the show.»

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Socialist Zohran Mamdani won his New York City mayoral race over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

And as Fox News Digital first reported on Wednesday morning, the NRCC immediately launched ads linking Mamdani to House Democrats who face challenging re-elections in next year’s midterms, when the GOP aims to defend its fragile majority in the chamber.

Longtime Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News Digital that Democrats «are now going to have an ascendant and emboldened Mayor-elect Mamdani dominating the national spotlight.»

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But veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo, pointing to the gubernatorial victories by moderate Democrats Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, emphasized «tonight proved that the Democrats’ pathway back to majorities in both chambers and the White House runs directly through the idea of building a big enough tent to encompass moderates and progressives.»

2. Did Democrats get their mojo back?

Democrats lost control of the White House and Senate and failed to win back the House majority in last year’s elections, as Republicans made major gains with key parts of the Democratic Party base, including minorities and younger voters.

And Democrats have been mostly powerless to blunt President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and explosive second-term agenda.

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But Democrats see Tuesday’s impressive victories as the first step in a political rebound, and an affirmation of the party’s campaign trail emphasis this year on the issue of affordability.

«American voters just delivered a Democratic resurgence. A Republican reckoning. A Blue Sweep. And it happened because our Democratic candidates, no matter where they are, no matter how they fit into our big tent party, are meeting voters at the kitchen table, not the gilded ballroom,» DNC chair Ken Martin highlighted.

And Martin argued, «To all the Republicans who have bowed a cowardly knee to Trump all year, consider this: We’re coming after your jobs next.»

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Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger celebrates as she takes the stage during her election night rally at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Nov. 04, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Caiazzo said that the Democrats’ ballot box victories show that «voters are hungry for candidates that speak to their concerns and offer to unite, not divide.»

But Reed countered that «Democrat candidates winning in blue parts of the country isn’t unexpected. The fact that there was any suspense at all heading into the evening was the more surprising development.»

And he pointed out that «the battle for next year’s midterms is taking place in friendlier terrain.»

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3. No MAGA momentum

While he lost both New Jersey and Virginia in last year’s presidential election, Trump made major gains in both states.

And a big question heading into the 2025 elections was whether MAGA supporters, who tend to be low-propensity voters, would cast ballots in an off-election year when Trump wasn’t on the ballot.

Many didn’t.

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The president, in a quote on social media that he attributed to «pollsters,» said that «TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT.»

Veteran Republican strategist Chris LaCivita, who served as a co-campaign manager of Trump’s 2024 White House bid, highlighted, «Candidate quality matters. Tonight was a great lesson for the Republican Party: running squishy Rs who are lukewarm on Trump and MAGA, even in «purple» states, doesn’t work.»

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Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears greets supporters on Election Night in Leesburg, Virginia. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

LaCivita specifically called out Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP gubernatorial nominee who lost to Spanberger by 15 points.

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And he warned that «Republicans must get smart and run only MAGA candidates moving forward; otherwise, there will be massive turnout problems when @realDonaldTrump is not on the ballot!»

Reed emphasized that for the GOP, «the task remains re-assembling the winning Trump coalition without his name on the ballot. The good news for the Republican side is the deep bench of talented and proven leaders to carry that flag into battle.»

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Japón despliega tropas en Akita ante ola de ataques de osos

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Imagen de un oso pardo enjaulado en Sunagawa, prefectura de Hokkaido, Japón. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami

El Ministerio de Defensa de Japón envió tropas el miércoles a la prefectura norteña de Akita para ayudar a contener una oleada de ataques de osos que han horrorizado a los residentes de la región montañosa.

Se han avistado osos cerca de escuelas, estaciones de tren, supermercados e incluso un balneario de aguas termales, y se reportan ataques de estos animales casi a diario en todo Japón, principalmente en el norte.

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Desde abril, más de 100 personas han resultado heridas y al menos 12 han muerto en ataques de osos en todo Japón, según estadísticas del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente a finales de octubre.

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Miembros de las Fuerzas de Autodefensa de Japón (JSDF) instalan una trampa para osos en Kazuno, prefectura de Akita, Japón, en esta fotografía tomada por Kyodo el 5 de noviembre de 2025. Kyodo/vía REUTERS

“Cada día, los osos invaden zonas residenciales de la región y su impacto va en aumento”, declaró a la prensa el vicesecretario jefe del Gabinete, Fumitoshi Sato. “Es urgente dar respuesta al problema de los osos”.

El Ministerio de Defensa y la prefectura de Akita firmaron el miércoles por la tarde un acuerdo sobre el despliegue de tropas, que autoriza a los soldados a colocar trampas con comida, transportar cazadores locales y ayudar en la eliminación de osos muertos. Los soldados no utilizarán armas de fuego para abatir a los osos, según informaron las autoridades.

El gobernador de Akita, Kenta Suzuki, dijo que las autoridades locales estaban “desesperadas” debido a la falta de personal en medio de informes diarios de ataques de osos.

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Un miembro de las Fuerzas de Autodefensa de Japón (JSDF) sostiene un escudo durante un ejercicio de colocación de una trampa para osos en Kazuno, prefectura de Akita, Japón, el 5 de noviembre de 2025. REUTERS/Tom Bateman

El ministro de Defensa, Shinjiro Koizumi, declaró el martes que la misión contra el oso tiene como objetivo contribuir a la seguridad de la población, pero que la misión principal de los miembros de las Fuerzas de Autodefensa es la defensa nacional y que no pueden brindar apoyo ilimitado para la respuesta ante el oso. Las Fuerzas de Autodefensa japonesas ya cuentan con personal insuficiente.

Hasta el momento, el ministerio no ha recibido otras solicitudes de asistencia militar por el tema de los osos, dijo.

En la prefectura de Akita, con una población de aproximadamente 880.000 habitantes, los osos han atacado a más de 50 personas desde mayo, causando la muerte de al menos cuatro, según el gobierno local. Los expertos afirman que el 70% de los ataques se han producido en zonas residenciales.

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Los osos han atacado a más de 50 personas desde mayo, causando la muerte de al menos cuatro.

Una anciana que buscaba setas en el bosque fue hallada muerta el fin de semana en la ciudad de Yuzawa, en la prefectura homónima, tras un aparente ataque de oso. Otra anciana, residente en la ciudad de Akita, murió a finales de octubre tras ser atacada por un oso mientras trabajaba en una granja. Asimismo, un repartidor de periódicos resultó herido tras ser atacado por un oso en la misma ciudad el martes.

Los expertos afirman que el envejecimiento y el descenso de la población en las zonas rurales de Japón son algunas de las razones del creciente problema de los osos en los últimos años.

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Los barrios abandonados y las tierras de cultivo con árboles de caqui o castaño suelen atraer osos a las zonas residenciales. Una vez que los osos encuentran comida y le cogen el gusto, siguen regresando, según los expertos.

Imagen de un oso en
Imagen de un oso en medio de una zona urbana.

Los cazadores locales también son mayores y no están acostumbrados a la caza del oso. Los expertos afirman que la policía y otras autoridades deberían recibir formación como «cazadores del gobierno» para ayudar a controlar la población de estos animales.

La semana pasada, el gobierno creó un grupo de trabajo para elaborar un plan oficial de respuesta ante la presencia de osos para mediados de noviembre. Las autoridades están considerando realizar censos de la población de osos, utilizar dispositivos de comunicación para emitir alertas sobre su presencia y revisar las normas de caza. También recomiendan capacitar a expertos en caza y ecología.

La falta de medidas preventivas en las regiones del norte, despobladas y envejecidas, también ha provocado un aumento de las poblaciones de osos pardos y osos negros asiáticos, según informó el ministerio.

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(con información de AP)



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