[Ehh?] Monkey escapes towards Harajuku
August 20, 2008 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
Mainichi Daily News reported, “Police officers are searching for a monkey that popped up at a busy Shibuya railway station in Tokyo on Wednesday morning and fled toward Harajuku.”
“A security guard spotted the monkey near a ticket gate of the Tokyu Toyoko Line at Shibuya Station at around 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday. A station employee alerted police, who rushed to the scene to try to catch the monkey, but it fled from the station about two hours later.”
I read this and first thing that came in to my head was “ehh?” What is a monkey doing at a train station?
No tag for this post.[Ehhh?][Japan] Bullet train service suspended due to graffiti
June 30, 2008 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
Mainichi Daily News reported, “Graffiti found on a Shinkansen bullet train carriage parked at a depot in Tokyo led to the suspension of the train’s planned operation, affecting hundreds of passengers, railway officials said.”
“Police began investigating the case on suspicion of destruction of property.”
Image courtesy (and linked) from Mainichi Daily News
Tags: shinkansen[Ehh?] City Officials apologize to residents for fish coming out of their water faucets
June 2, 2008 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
Reading this article, I was surprised and definitely receives an “Ehh?
Mainichi Daily News reported, ” Some local residents have received an apology after their water supply was accidentally linked to a pond and a small fish called a loach poured out of a faucet used for drinking water, local officials said.”
“Pipes supposed to carry water to a newly built residential district in Yuasa were mistakenly connected to a local pond where water is stored for fire-fighting purposes.”
“The mistake continued for months and some people have complained of illness.”
No tag for this post.[Ehh?] Teacher threatens to force schoolgirl to strip for using mobile phone in class
February 22, 2008 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
Mainichi Daily News reported, “A teacher faces disciplinary measures for threatening to force a girl to take off her clothes as punishment for using her mobile phone during his class, local education officials said.”"The shocked girl took the following day off after the incident. The municipal board of education is poised to instruct the school to apologize to the victim and her family and thoroughly explain the incident.”
I have one thing to say… Ehh?
No tag for this post.[Ehh?] Woman in critical condition for eating poisonous puffer fish
January 18, 2008 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
I read this and all I could say was “Ehh?”
Mainichi Daily News reported, “A woman who ate parts of a poisonous fugu puffer fish sold to her illegally is fighting for her life in a hospital, Ibaraki Prefectural Government officials said.”
“The 45-year-old woman is unconscious and in a critical condition after she ate the skin and liver of the poisonous puffer fish.”
“Her 52-year-old husband also ate some of the potentially deadly fish, but was not harmed.”
“We’ve eaten fugu we bought at the same place before and never had a problem,” he said. “They did tell us the skin was poisonous, though.”
Tags: poisonous puffer fish[Ehhh?][JAPAN] Electric eels powering up Christmas trees
December 3, 2007 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
With Japan promoting ecology awareness, some shop keepers are looking to new ways to power a Christmas tree. How about electric eels? Eh?
Mainichi Daily News reported, “An aquarium filled with exotic fish here is using an electric eel to power lights on a Christmas tree.”"Each time the electric eel at the Aqua Toto Gifu aquarium touches a copper wire in its tank, it sends power that lights up globes decking a Christmas tree.”
No tag for this post.[Eh?][Update] The exploding cell phone was a lie?
November 30, 2007 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
After yesterday’s story from S. Korea about a person dying from an exploding cell phone, more news is coming from S. Korea that it was a lie. Ehh?
According to Chosun, “The death of a quarry worker in his 30s in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province on Wednesday was not caused by an exploding mobile phone but by a heavy vehicle accident, police said Thursday. Police said a colleague of the victim’s lied about the cause of death to conceal his fault.”
“According to Cheongju Heungdeok police in charge of investigation on this case, the colleague identified as Kwon (58), who reported the accident on Thursday, killed Seo (33) while driving a backhoe but later told police the cause of death was an exploding mobile phone in Seo’s breast pocket. Police have sought an arrest warrant for Kwon for negligence resulting in death.”
No tag for this post.[Eh?] Another reason why people should never keep their cell phones near their chest…
November 29, 2007 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
Eh??? That’s right another person in Korea has died from an exploding cell phone. It appears the recent case, the person had the cell phone on his chest pocket. I probably shouldn’t keep my cell phone near the front of my front pocket of my pants…
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Chosun reported the following, “A man in his 30s was killed on Wednesday in what is believed to have been a mobile-phone explosion. Around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a worker at a quarry in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province found the backhoe operator identified as Seo (33). The worker told police he found Seo lying beside his backhoe and bleeding from the nose. His phone was on fire. The worker put out the fire and called emergency services. Seo was taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.”
“A doctor in the emergency room of Chungbuk National University Hospital said Seo “had a blot-shaped wound caused by a shock or impact below his left chest. The X-ray showed that his heart and lungs were damaged. It seems he died due to severe impact from a blast, considering that his ribs were fractured.” The doctor added the victim had a black mobile phone with a severely melted battery in his left shirt pocket. “The accident was highly likely caused by an explosion, given the damaged conditions of his shirt,” he said. “The area near the wound indicated it was burned by a blast.”
Image courtesy of Chosun
No tag for this post.[Ehh?] Taneda Chieri promotes “High School Girl” in Akihabara
November 19, 2007 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
OK, I have no idea who Taneda Chieri is. But perusing Akibablog, I noticed her promoting her film. So, maybe I thought…why not give her a plug on J!-ENT. Hard working girl right…
Images courtesy of Akibalog.net
And then I saw her poster and I wondered…Hmm… she’s not a porn star is she?
Image courtesy of Akibablog.net
Of course, I know nothing about “High School Girl”, so I said to myself… let’s check to see what’s it about. Is it horror? Or is it something else? And I was greeted with the following promotional photo of Miss Taneda.
Ehh? I asked myself. Then all of a sudden music started to play around me….
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[Ehh?] Japanese reasearch wins Ig Nobel Prize for her research in extracting Vanilla from cow dung
October 5, 2007 by KNDY · Leave a Comment
Next time you eat vanilla, know where it came from.
According to an article on Mainichi Daily News, “Mayu Yamamoto, a Japanese researcher who developed a way to extract a vanilla fragrance and flavor from cow dung, has been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for her efforts.”
“Yamamoto, 26, was given the Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry at the award ceremony held at Harvard University on Thursday night.”
“She is the 12th Japanese person to have been awarded an Ig-Nobel Prize.”
Vanilla fragrance and flavor from cow dung…who had to be the person to test that out. Ughh..
Ehh??
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