FUKUCHI, Fukuoka Prefecture—On a morning when the thermometer registered a chilly 6 degrees, wild boar hunter Yasohachi Hirano's breath made a misty cloud in the air. Stepping gingerly from ...
As a child, he could fish offshore in Morocco (sometimes alone) and hunt wild boars with his family. Later in his 20s, he worked odd jobs as an underwater construction diver and hunting guide ...