In a desperate bid to contain the escalating monkey problem in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, authorities are offering the public 200,000 yen to capture any of the Japanese macaques causing problems. To successfully earn the bounty, citizens have to successfully lock…
Aidan Doyle
The Revolution Will Not Be Anthologised
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WorldCon
WorldCon starts today… The monkeys are restless… Japanese police hunt rogue monkey gang
1 Day of Monkey Mayhem
One more day till WorldCon… When I was a kid, one of my favorite TV shows was Monkey. It was a Japanese TV series based on Chinese legends that was dubbed into English by the BBC. The series is based…
2 Days of Monkey Mayhem
2 Days Till WorldCon… The adventures of Mojo the helper monkey…
3 Days of Monkey Mayhem
3 Days Till WorldCon… At a shrine in Nikko (a couple of hours north of Tokyo) is a carving of the three wise monkeys. The origin of the original expression is unsure, but it might have come from China. There…
4 Days of Monkey Mayhem
4 Days Till WorldCon. I went to the Melbourne Writer’s Festival today and yesterday. As usual, there were an interesting mix of speakers and topics. Kim Stanley Robinson is a smart and interesting speaker and talked about science and history.…
