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The year in review - offbeat Japan news of 2008
December 31st, 2008

You’ll never forget that cute little Shibuya-train-station-marauding macaque monkey that made world headlines last summer. But do you remember the secret closet lady or the naked guy in the moat? How about the government employee addicted to porn?

We selected the top weird news for each month. There’s so much strange Japanese 2008 news to enjoy, so click on over to Lets Japan to read it all and refresh your memory of this WTF country we all love.

(via Lets Japan)

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02:06 AM Mark Weitzman • Permalink
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