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By: Monkey spotted in Tokyo’s Minato Ward | Japan Probe

Monkey spotted in Tokyo’s Minato Ward | Japan Probe — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:40:10 +0000

[...] TV reports that a monkey, possibly the same one spotted in Shibuya Station last month, was seen in Tokyo’s Minato Ward yesterday: Witnesses first spotted it in the area about a [...]

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Japan in T-minus 3 days - Finalizing Plans! | Our Travels — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:41:18 +0000

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By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:46:17 +0000

OMG hilarious!

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:00:22 +0000

“Et le singe est dans le station à Tokyo!”, to paraphrase Eddie Izzard’s bilingual bit…

By: whatthe

whatthe — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:48:30 +0000

Ah, where’s Kamen Rider, Ultraman or a Sentai team when u need them?

By: Things I would like to see in Japan | Our Travels

Things I would like to see in Japan | Our Travels — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:24:09 +0000

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By: Tokyo: photos & YouTube video of wild monkey that escaped police - Travel - LATimes.com

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:27:41 +0000

[...] Monkey videos | There are a bunch of videos of the Tokyo monkey being chased by police on YouTube as well as a string of news video on Japan Probe. [...]

By: Tokyo monkey chaos: The shirt

Tokyo monkey chaos: The shirt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:49:38 +0000

[...] about the monkey found walking the train tracks in Tokyo. If not, take your pick from here, here, here, here, or here to read about [...]

By: Live Leak » Blog Archive » Wild monkey loose in Japanese subway eludes police

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:01:33 +0000

[...] Monkey eludes net-wielding police at Tokyo station (via Japan Probe) [...]

By: morningstar

morningstar — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:07:36 +0000

I think the monkey was more scare then the police.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:35:06 +0000

Was the police spokesman quoted in the text the only person with his/her head on straight? It’s just a monkey. Ok, yah, capture the poor thing if you can (I’m sure people planning on riding the train don’t need a monkey potentially flinging things from high places), but to have a battalion of train personnel and cameramen running through the crowded station and possibly trampling people in their path is not a good plan. The three pairs of people clutching to each other in fear of the horde in hot pursuit of the monkey (the first video) is the most entertaining part though.

By: News » Wild monkey loose in Japanese subway eludes police

News » Wild monkey loose in Japanese subway eludes police — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:03:20 +0000

[...] Monkey eludes net-wielding police at Tokyo station (via Japan Probe) [...]

By: Taintus

Taintus — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:20:10 +0000

There’s some talk that this macaque may have escaped from the local zoo, but I think this may be only the beginning of such incidents.

Rural communities are completely overrun by macaques, and the national government seems to completely ignore the fact. In Otaki, Nagano, where I live, bad forest management policy has led to macaque populations moving closer to the village in search of food. Read more about the village here

Japan has too much forestland to simply ignore pestilence problems. In Toyama the local government finally started arming city employees so that they can start blasting macaques. Seems inhumane, but there are no natural predators left in Japan.

The national government needs to recognized the role that rural landscapes play in Japan and start investing in them more. Otherwise, we’re gonna have monkey’s riding the subways more often.

By: ashredrum

ashredrum — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:02:03 +0000

That was great when they had all those green nets ready to catch him and he totally just superman jumped over them. Thats what makes a monkey cool.

By: MelonPan

MelonPan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:00:55 +0000

saru subarashii

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:32:20 +0000

Run Saru-kun! Run!

By: Mister M

Mister M — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:52:49 +0000

kono momckey ha kawaii desune!!

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:50:00 +0000

Apparently ‘SaruBucks’ was closed, so he had nowhere to wait for his connecting train.

By: edwardhasnewgoggles

edwardhasnewgoggles — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:10:09 +0000

I’m sure it took 100 cops to get the one dog out when it was all said and done lol.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:02:18 +0000

saw it on BBC news, good stuff

By: Doodles

Doodles — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:16:17 +0000

I saw this this morning on CNN international and almost laughed my ass off. This reminds so much of the incident back in fall of 2006, when there was a dog that got caught in a water dwelling somewhere south of the country. It took the cops 7 DAYS!!!! to figure out how to get the dog down from this 15-20 feet hole in the wall. Apparently they had to draw up a plan in typical Japanese fashion, then have it approved by 3-4 different municipal departments!!! by the end, they decided the best thing to do was freak out the dog and force it to jump below to an awaiting net. Amazingly the dog wasn’t really injured, but 7 fucking days in a walled water opening?!?!?!? Anyway. good story! lol