<figure id="attachment_405282" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-405282" style="width: 1920px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="7245be79"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/12/6ac61d10bed097ba3133cb15cff30df2.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-405282" class="wp-caption-text">Governor Satake holds a Siberian cat presented by President Putin. He is well known as a cat lover.</figcaption></figure>
<p> At the end of November, a bear invaded a supermarket in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, and caused a commotion that led to its extermination. The bear, which had eaten all the meat in the supermarket and gotten a taste for it, could not be returned to nature and had to be killed.</p>
<p> However, viewers and others who saw the incident called the local government in Akita Prefecture to complain about it one after another.</p>
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<p> In response, Akita Governor Takahisa Satake, 77, told the prefectural assembly on December 17</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> If I were to receive a complaint call, the first thing I would do is to be terrible. I would completely intimidate them. I would say, &#8216;I&#8217;m sending a bear to your place, so send me your address. When I do this, they say, &#8216;Ha!</span></p>
<p> He then responded with an aggressive rebuttal to the complaint.</p>
<h2> Jako-ten, a specialty of Ehime Prefecture, is called &#8220;poor.</h2>
<p> As for future bear countermeasures, he added, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to start hanging things on the drones.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He added, &#8220;We&#8217;ll hang things on drones and drop them from above. We can have the drone eat a small explosive device and use a remote control to explode in the bear&#8217;s stomach. I think we should also try to develop weapons for bears, such as this. Recommendation. With only firearms, it would be difficult.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> He spoke of his radical vision.</p>
<p> Governor Satake is also a controversial figure who has been making a lot of noise.</p>
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<p> At a lecture in Akita City last October, where top administrative officials gathered, he spoke of the sake he drank on a visit to the Shikoku region, saying, &#8220;The sake in the Shikoku region is not as good as in other parts of Japan.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He said, &#8220;Sake from the Shikoku region is not good.</span></p>
<p> He also said of Ehime Prefecture&#8217;s famous &#8220;jakoten&#8221; (fried fish cake)</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It smells poor.</span></p>
<p> He later apologized for his remarks. He later apologized and held an event with Governor Tokihiro Nakamura of Ehime Prefecture, the &#8220;victim&#8221; of his foul language, to promote the specialties of both prefectures.</p>
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<p>At first glance, he seems like a cold-hearted man, as he proposes radical methods of bear extermination, but in fact he is known to be a great cat lover. According to Governor Satake&#8217;s official website,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> 《He is an unparalleled cat lover. Although he was not originally interested in cats, when he became mayor of Akita City, his family picked up a stray cat and started keeping it at home. Since then, he has been a cat lover.</span></p>
<p> He has been a cat lover ever since. He also had an association with a &#8220;bigwig.</p>
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<h2> He is a descendant of the feudal lord who ruled the Akita domain.</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> As a thank-you gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support following the Great East Japan Earthquake, Governor Satake presented an Akita dog named &#8220;Yume&#8221; to Putin, who in return gave him a Siberian cat named Mir.</span></p>
<p> Mir is introduced on the YouTube channel &#8220;WebTV Akita,&#8221; and his elegant appearance is reminiscent of a &#8220;tsar.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Governor Satake is a descendant of the Satake family, which ruled the Akita domain during the Edo period. He is called &#8216;Tono-sama&#8217; (Lord) by the people of Akita Prefecture. He sometimes makes gaffes, but in the end, he may be doing Akita Prefecture a favor. His comments are easily picked up by TV, and although I don&#8217;t know his intentions, in the eyes of the industry, he seems to &#8220;know what TV is all about. However, he has a strong personality and pays lip service, so I hope he doesn&#8217;t make any gaffes that can&#8217;t be undone. &#8230;&#8230;</span></p>
<p> Governor Satake has been in office for four terms. It seems certain that he is desperate to protect the people of the prefecture from the bears.</p>


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 The bear infestation is spreading across the country. Akita Prefecture has received a number of complaints about the extermination of a bear that had holed up in a supermarket. Against this backdrop, Akita Governor Satake's response is ......

Governor Satake of Akita Prefecture, who said &#8220;I&#8217;ll send you a bear,&#8221; is a cat lover and even exchanged pets with President Vladimir Putin.

Governor Satake of Akita Prefecture, who said “I’ll send you a bear,” is a cat lover and even exchanged pets with President Vladimir Putin.

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