The Japan TimesTwo American nationals were arrested in Japan after a stunt in which one entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became an internet sensation this year, police have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/18/japan/crime-legal/monkey-punch-zoo-americans-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chiba #ichikawa #animals #monkeys #japanesepolice #socialmedia
Punch, the lonely monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture, is growing up. But he's still a star. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/09/japan/society/punch-monkey-grow-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #chiba #ichikawa #animals #monkeys #zoos #socialmedia
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Monkey bodyguard! Adult macaque steps in to protect viral sensation Punch at Ichikawa Zoo
An adult macaque has become young Punch's new 'bodyguard' in the latest chapter of the tale that captured hearts around the world in Ichikawa City Zoo.
Videos of a tiny monkey in a local zoo in Japan clutching a stuffed orangutan after his mother abandoned him has become an unlikely viral sensation online, with millions of people around the world rooting for him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/24/japan/punch-monkey-viral/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chiba #ichikawa #animals
Notizie Italiane#ichikawa #dragonquest Il produttore di Dragon Quest 7 consiglia il chierico: strategia o umiltà?
Jake in the desertFor #GrindayFriday this week, an LP that just came out in 2019, but one that should probably already be considered a grind classic. Ichikawa, Japan's FAILED TREATMENT don't fuck around when it comes to the gross and depraved. Lots of that here. Guitars have a really great, truly grindy sound. Very riffy. Roaring, bellowed vocals. Love that in grind. And the DRUMS.
Here's Failed Treatment's 'Spread of Infection' LP from 2019. https://failedtreatment.bandcamp.com/album/spread-of-infection
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Spread of Infection, by Failed Treatment
12 track album
A 21-year-old man who was on the police’s wanted list has been apprehended in Tokyo over the robbery and abduction of a woman in Chiba Prefecture earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/28/japan/crime-legal/suspect-ichikawa-robbery-arrest/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #theft #ichikawa #chiba
Adam Hartzell#NowReading2024 BLACK FATIGUE: HOW RACISM ERODES THE MIND, BODY, & SPIRIT by Mary-Frances Winters via Berrett-Koehler Publishers imbibed at Camblem #Ichikawa #市川 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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