Thaks for the article link Pete. Interesting reveal on how our racooons populated Japan:
“Unfortunately, humans don’t have a great track record when it comes to choosing pets. Wild animals that look cute and cuddly aren’t likely to be that way in human hands, or in human homes, and there’s the house-training issue. There might be some exceptional success stories, but for most families, the fantasy of having their very own “Rascal” didn’t work out. Apparently this caught many fans of the anime by surprise, even though Rascal’s unsuitableness as a pet was a central theme.
And that’s how raccoons came to be released into the Japanese wild. It was a pretty sweet deal for the raccoons, too, given that in Japan they lack any significant natural predators. (Their main predators in North America are wolves and coyotes, which don’t exist in Japan, as well as wildcats, which inhabit only a couple of small Japanese islands.) Over the ensuing decades, the raccoon population soared, and Rascal established himself in nearly every part of the country.”
I did not now about their raccoon importation.Japan also has herds of wild boars roaming around suburban areas, and hunters for them are much in demand in Japan.They make good eating.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/10/ageing-japanese-towns-overrun-wild-boars/
You likely could go on holiday in Jaoan and clean up.The problem would be that the Japanese women would be after you bigly, LOL.