针对熊出没事件增加，环境大臣笹川博义周一表示，政府希望支持采用人工智能和无人机追踪熊只的市町村。
In response to a rise in bear-related incidents, the government hopes to support municipalities that adopt artificial intelligence and drones to track them, Environment Minister Hiroyoshi Sasagawa said Monday.
在采访中，笹川强调，迅速采取行动——包括启用紧急捕杀制度，即由市町村政府决定在居民区等有人居住区域允许射杀——将给公众带来“安全感”。
In an interview, Sasagawa emphasized that prompt action — including using an emergency culling system, in which shooting is allowed in residential and other inhabited areas based on decisions by municipal governments — will give “a sense of security” to the public.
笹川是在9月17日内阁改组中就任的，他表示，政府将“通过各种方式”提高公众对熊危险性的认识，因为熊即将在冬眠前进入活跃期。
The government will raise public awareness about the danger of bears “in various ways” as they are poised to become active from now before hibernation, Sasagawa, who took office in the Sept. 17 Cabinet reshuffle, said.
他还表示：“从中长期来看，我们需要考虑如何确保应对熊相关问题的人员。”
“We need to consider, in the medium to long term, how we should secure personnel to tackle bear-related issues,” he also said.
笹川还表示，政府计划促进公众理解关于东京电力控股福岛第一核电站除染工作产生的土壤再利用问题，部分通过国家公园的游客中心进行。
Sasagawa also said the government plans to promote public understanding regarding the recycling of soil from decontamination work related to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, partly through visitor centers at national parks.
该核电站位于福岛县，在2011年3月的强烈地震和海啸中遭受重创。
The plant in Fukushima Prefecture sustained heavy damage in the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami.
笹川在提到“诚恳接受”福岛县知事内堀雅雄对政府缺乏县外最终处置计划细节的危机感时表示，他将要求政府各部门增加土壤再利用的地区办事处。
While citing the need to “sincerely take” Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori’s sense of crisis over the lack of details about the government’s plan on final disposal of such soil outside the prefecture, Sasagawa said he will ask government agencies and ministries to increase regional offices that recycle the soil.
他说：“我们将向地方政府做充分解释，帮助他们更好地理解这一问题的重要性。”
“We will offer full explanations to local governments to help them better understand the importance of the issue,” he said.
关于气候变化，笹川表示：“我认为推进脱碳努力不会阻碍经济增长，”并主张旨在克服相关挑战的技术创新将有助于增强竞争力。
On climate change, Sasagawa said, “I don’t think that promoting decarbonization efforts will hinder economic growth,” arguing that technological innovation aimed at overcoming related challenges will help enhance competitiveness.
中国和美国作为世界最大和第二大温室气体排放国，其举措至关重要，他说道。
Moves by China and the United States, the world’s largest and second-largest emitters of greenhouse gases, are important, he said.
“日本为亚洲气候对策做出的贡献可为国际社会带来裨益，”笹川补充道。
“Japan’s contributions to climate measures across Asia could generate benefits for the global community,” Sasagawa added.