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 a primate in their house.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/marauding-monkeys-have-y200000-bounty-on-their-heads

Delhi deploys ‘super monkey’ security guards

Delhi authorities are to deploy a contingent of langurs — a large type of monkey — at Commonwealth Games venues to help chase away smaller simians from the sporting extravaganza.

The monkeys are restless…

Japanese police hunt rogue monkey gang

http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2010/08/30/mr-nine-and-the-gentleman-ghost/

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 on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.  The Monkey king (Sun Wukong in the Chinese version) helps a Buddhist priest on his journey to recover some sacred scrolls.  In Japan the series is known as Saiyuki.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iUMWy4hqAg

The adventures of Mojo the helper monkey…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHxOiFxNDzw