2 0 0 2 ▁ ▁( sup ers eding ▁the ▁am ended ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁Law ). ▁The ▁areas ▁established ▁have ▁a ▁maximum ▁duration ▁of ▁twenty ▁years ▁( subject ▁to ▁renew al ) ▁and ▁hunting ▁is ▁prohib ited ▁within ▁them . ▁ ▁are ▁designated ▁within ▁the ▁Wild life ▁Prote ction ▁Are as ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁protect ▁habit ats ▁and ▁e cos ystem s . ▁ ▁Classification ▁of ▁wild life ▁The ▁wild life ▁of ▁Japan ▁is ▁class ified ▁either ▁as ▁game ▁species ▁or ▁protected ▁species . ▁The ▁former ▁includes ▁thirty ▁species ▁of ▁bird ▁and ▁sevent een ▁of ▁m amm al ▁that ▁are ▁considered ▁( 1 ) ▁able ▁to ▁with stand ▁hunting ▁( 2 ) ▁harm ful ▁to ▁agricult ure ▁and ▁forest ry ▁( 3 ) ▁useful ▁for ▁meat ▁or ▁other ▁derivatives . ▁These ▁species ▁include ▁the ▁brown ▁bear , ▁black ▁bear , ▁Japanese ▁de er , ▁Japanese ▁ha re , ▁Japanese ▁qu ail , ▁and ▁Japanese ▁p he asant . ▁Over ▁six ▁hundred ▁species ▁are ▁protected . ▁In sect iv orous ▁m amm als ▁and ▁r ats ▁are ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁protection ▁since ▁they ▁are ▁considered ▁harm ful ▁to ▁agricult ure ; ▁some ▁marine ▁m amm als ▁fall ▁under ▁the ▁alternative ▁juris diction ▁of ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Agricult ure , ▁Forest ry ▁and ▁Fish eries . ▁While ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁animals ▁h unted ▁is ▁falling ▁with ▁the ▁decl ine ▁in ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁hun ters , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁birds ▁and ▁m amm als ▁" control led " ▁is ▁rising ▁in ▁relation