The number of female hunters in Japan has been growing recently, raising expectations that they will become major players in protecting farmers from damage caused by animals in what is generally considered a man's world.Women who held hunting licenses totaled 3,184 in fiscal 2014, roughly a twofold jump from five years earlier, against the overall licensee number of 193,762, down sharply from about 518,000 in 1975 and 290,000 in 1990, according to the latest available Environment Ministry statistics.Hunters aged 60 and older accounted for 65 percent of the 2014 total, reflecting the country…READ FULL ARTICLE
