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Shibuya's Hachiko is gone

 
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kendoman1



Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 69
PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:48 am    Post subject: Shibuya's Hachiko is gone Reply with quote
I can't believe someone stole Hachiko. This was less than 50 meters from a major koban. This is unreal.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070401x1.html
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cornishmuppet



Joined: 27 Mar 2004
Posts: 642
Location: Nagano, Japan
PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The best beer trophy ever, or an April Fools joke?
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kdynamic



Joined: 05 Nov 2005
Posts: 562
Location: Japan
PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Theft of the icon has spurred an international outcry. Shibuya Ward's Sister City, the Sixth Arrondissement of Paris, France, expressed its "profound sympathy" and promptly offered to cast a new replacement for "le toutou fidele," provided Shibuya agrees to accept a poodle.

Laughing
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jademonkey



Joined: 30 Mar 2007
Posts: 180
PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
But where will all the kogyaru meet now? It'll be chaos, I tell you!
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Genkikiwi



Joined: 06 Jun 2003
Posts: 41
Location: Sapporo
PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:38 pm    Post subject: is Hachiko gone or not ? Reply with quote
hi .. whats the latest...was it a prank or not ? anyone know ...

any articles found would be great... wasn`t able to find any new ones
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bornslippy1981



Joined: 02 Aug 2004
Posts: 271
PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was down there today.

Hachiko is safe and sound.

I was talking with somebody who said he saw it last Thursday, and now the link to the news story isn't working, so I'm not sure if it was all a hoax.
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Apsara



Joined: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 2142
Location: Tokyo, Japan
PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It was. The Japan Times runs an April Fools article every year- this one was a bit more convincing than past articles.
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bornslippy1981



Joined: 02 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, they really got me on that one.

I wonder why the link doesn't work anymore? Maybe it got pulled for assuming it was the Chinese stealing it for Australia's swimming medals next summer.
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furiousmilksheikali



Joined: 31 Jul 2006
Posts: 1660
Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
bornslippy1981 wrote:
Wow, they really got me on that one.

I wonder why the link doesn't work anymore? Maybe it got pulled for assuming it was the Chinese stealing it for Australia's swimming medals next summer.


Not only was the Japan Times article a hoax but I think there have been a lot of hoaxes about the Chinese stealing metal in Japan recently that are passing for real news.

People stealing drain covers to ship back to China? I don't really believe it myself.
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