Forget about that last dog with eyebrows. Here’s Ran, a dog in Osaka with really thick eyebrows:

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
Dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

Japanese and Indonesian researchers filmed this rare footage of a “prehistoric” fish:

The creature was found on October 6 at a depth of 161 metres (528 feet) in Manado Bay off Sulawesi Island, where the Indonesian coelacanth was first discovered, according to the researchers.
Video footage showed the 31.5 centimetre (12.6-inch) coelacanth, coloured blue with white spots, [...]

Having reported on eyebrow cat, eyebrow dog, and wig cat, “Nanikore Chin Hakkei” moves on to a cat in Sapporo with the Chinese character for “8″ [八] on its forehead:

The cat is, of course, named Hachi. He’s had that mark on his forehead since he was a kitten. The owners bought him at [...]

Watch out, Eyebrow Cat and Eyebrow Dog! Here comes Maru, a cat in Tochigi prefecture that has a patch of black hair resembling a wig:

Which do you prefer:

Eyebrow Cat

Eyebrow Dog

Wig Cat

View Results

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

Earlier this week, a couple deer somehow found their way into Sapporo and police tried to stop them:

As you can see from the video, attempts to capture the deer were unsuccessful and authorities lost sight of these particular animals sometime in the evening.
—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

Researchers from Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute have conducted a test that they believe demonstrates that chimpanzees help their fellow primates selflessly:

Tokyo University researcher, Shinya Yamamoto, was a member of the Kyoto team.
Yamamoto said that in some of the experiments chimps were filmed passing sticks or straws to other chimps.
The sticks were then used by [...]

A couple fun/cute commercials for DoggyMan dog snacks:

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
Dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

A pet Prairie dog in Kanagawa Prefecture gets its head stuck in a whipped cream cartoon:

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

A cat named Sena forgets that there is a window between herself and a railing:

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

A bad magician/comedian tries to impress chimpanzee Pan-kun with his tricks:

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

To catch a bear, you need a Subaru Dias Wagon with a remote-controlled sliding door:

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

Japanese firefighters rescue a cat that was trapped on the roof of an apartment building in Tokyo:

The cat, which was a stray, has since been adopted by a resident of the apartment building.
—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)