In Japan's Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms
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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)A monkey walks on a branch to move towards the roof of a house in Azumino, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)Masaya Miyake, a sub-leader of a squad municipally organized to chase off monkeys, walks through a bamboo forest, while tracking their movements to direct them away from residential areas in Azumino, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)Atsushi Kato, a leader of a squad municipally organized to chase off monkeys, watches monkeys walk away from him as he and other members were tracking and moving them back to the woods, in Azumino, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)Monkeys move towards a pond to drink water at a golf course in Azumino, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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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)
