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  2. Umibōzu - Wikipedia

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    Umibōzu (海坊主) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Umibōzu (海坊主, "sea priest") is a giant, black, human-like being and is the figure of a yōkai from Japanese folklore.

  3. Japanese black bear - Wikipedia

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    People kill a lot of these bears, reducing their numbers drastically. Because of this and the carrying capacity reduction due to habitat destruction has resulted in the recognition that the Japanese black bear is at a high risk of extinction. The subspecies will likely be gone within the next 100 years at the rate they are currently declining. [9]

  4. Animal welfare and rights in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The law mandates that alternative methods should be considered and that the number of animals used should be minimized. Experimentation methods that reduce pain and distress are required. In 2005, the law was amended to incorporate new basic guidelines for experimentation based on the Three Rs (refine, replace, reduce) for animal testing ...

  5. One Piece Chapter 1107 Confirms How Blackbeard Will ... - AOL

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    In this chapter Van Augur, Third Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, tells Elder Saturn what the end goal is: “The world.” The first time in One Piece such a threat has felt credible ...

  6. Blackbeard in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese manga One Piece and its related media, features five characters named for Blackbeard — major antagonist Marshall D. Teach, also known as Blackbeard, his former crew mate Thatch, his former captain Edward Newgate, also known as Whitebeard, as well as minor characters Chadros Higelyges, who is known as Brownbeard, and Peachbeard, a ...

  7. Iomante - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese, the ceremony is known as "sending off the bear" (熊送り, kumaokuri) or, sometimes, "the bear festival" (熊祭, kumamatsuri). In the modern day, the ceremony no longer involves the killing of an animal, but is performed for wild animals that die in accidents or captive animals that die of old age.

  8. One Piece season 21 - Wikipedia

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    In the past, Blackbeard and Kuzan initially clashed but resolved their conflict over drinks, with Kuzan joining Blackbeard’s crew. In the present, Garp battles Kuzan. On Winner Island, Bepo uses a drug to transform into his Sulong form to retaliate against Blackbeard and his crew before swimming away with Trafalgar Law.

  9. Murder in Japanese law - Wikipedia

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    Murder (殺人, satsujin) in Japanese law constitutes when someone intentionally kills another person without justification. The crime of murder is specified in Chapter XXVI of the Japanese criminal code. It is punishable by five years to life in prison, and with the death penalty if aggravating circumstances are proven. The only exception is ...