Bear Beaten Off by 12-Year-Old Girl

A 12-year-old girl camping in the Hokkaido countryside got a rude awakening when a bear attacked her tent, though she soon beat it off and put it to flight with a good kick.She apparently mistook the bear pressing against the side of the tent for a prank by her younger sister, and so determined to resolve the issue with a good kick, after trying to push the offending bear away through the tent. The bear took fright and promptly...

Japanese Missile Defence system

Bellicose beggar-state North Korea may threaten Japan with missile over-flights, but any such launch is doomed by Japan’s superior technology, as the above missile defence diagram illustrates quite clearly.All kinds of sophisticated defensive systems await the rockets should they come too close for comfort.However, it is hoped that North...

Renter Sues Landlord Over Ghost

A renter is suing his landlord based on the fact he was not told the property is supposedly haunted, for ¥5,000,000 ($50,000 – not insignificant by the paltry standards of Japanese settlements). He apparently rented the property ignorant of the alleged supernatural presence, opened an eatery there, and after being told by a friend of the ghostly presence, he claims to have witnessed spectral apparitions and heard strange noises....

Girl Arrested for Charging Phone

A young lady (20) who had the temerity to charge her phone using a socket at a railway station has been arrested for theft of electricity, after a passerby called police to avert the robbery, having stolen 0.015 watt hours (or 54 joules), worth a shocking total of 0.03 yen ($0.0003).The lady, a student, is suspected of charging her phone at a station whilst waiting with a friend. A passerby saw the crime in progress and dialed...

Parents Deny Dying Baby Blood, Have Parenthood Revoked

A mother and father who denied permission for their one-year-old boy to receive a life-saving blood transfusion were stripped of parental authority by courts on the same day, saving the life of the infant.They cited religious reasons for endangering the life of the boy; speculation centres on them being Jehovah’s Witnesses.The incident occurred when the infant boy suffered a severe haemorrhage in the alimentary canal, losing a...

Gov. Tells Man: “You Can’t Marry, You’re A Woman!”

A man preparing for the happy occasion of his marriage was shocked when local officials told him that he would not be allowed to marry, as government records had him registered as the family’s eldest daughter.The man, in his thirties, had apparently been registered somehow as a daughter in the “koseki”, the official census records which underlay much local bureaucracy in Japan.The bungling officials excused themselves thus:When...

Cats Scrutinise Police over Incident

Police seem to have aroused the interest of cats in this latest incident in Miyagi prefecture. See the incident in full below.Source - Sankaku Complex, alfalfa.livedoor....

Kannagi's Takenashi Reports on Recovery

Kannagi manga creator Eri Takenashi has updated her official "Takenashi Note" website on Wednesday — for the first time since October 31 — to report on her recovery from her illness and surgery. She was admitted into a hospital last November, but she has since left the hospital and is continuing to recuperate at home. Her Kannagi manga has...

Cockroach Cuisine

Upset over finding a cockroach in his meal, on complaining the restaurant patron was generously offered the meal at half price, we hear. This was not to the patron’s liking; instead he demanded the bill be waived, or the restaurant prove there was no danger to his health from eating cockroaches by eating a roach themselves.The staff member...

Only in China - Goldfish Toilet

Another fine example of Chinese ingenuity, this toilet combines fish keeping practicality with water saving economy. Not only does it incorporate water saving technology, with a direct connection of the flush function to the water supply obviating entirely the need for an apparently wasteful reservoir, it is also a shrewd piece of marketing,...