"Hunter girls" are taking up the sport of hunting to protect farmers' crops as the demographic changes sweeping Japan erode its traditionally male participants.
Hunters help limit damage to crops caused by wild boars and deer in the mountains.
At its peak 30 years ago, Aichi Prefecture had 4,096 licensed hunters, but the rapid aging of the population and the jump in new types of entertainment in recent years has more than halved that number.
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