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Cats in trouble, washing bags, and visual kei bands: What do these three things have in common?

Krista Rogers
Apr 25, 2016
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The Japanese Twitterverse has been sharing some handy tricks for rescuing our feline friends in times of emergency.

Cats, Japan
(animal welfare • cats • dogs • rescue • visual kei • washing bag)

Traffic camera in China captures brutality of woman’s accident, humanity of her rescuers

Master Blaster
Mar 25, 2016

This footage caught by a surveillance camera ought to make you cringe and smile in just over one minute.

China
(rescue • traffic accident • van • video)

Puppy as loyal as Hachiko saves young owner’s life in Siberia, gets a statue

Jamie Koide
Feb 1, 2016

This story of a three-year-old girl surviving over a week and a half in the woods with her pet dog has taken the Japanese Internet by storm, and is sure to give you a case of the warm fuzzies.

Russia
(art • dogs • moving • pets • rescue)

Single “Hebel Haus” is the only structure to defy the flooding of Japan’s Angry Demon River

Krista Rogers
Sep 21, 2015

Last week, we discussed the possible etymology of Kinugawa (“Angry Demon River”), which has been the scene of intense flooding in eastern Japan this month. While the overflowing river has devastated the surrounding towns and landscapes in its wake, a single building in Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture has been gaining particular attention for being the only structure within sight to stand firmly in place in the face of a deluge of muddy water.

Japan
(disaster • flooding • Hebel House • house • Ibaraki • Kinugawa • rescue)

Young man’s clever use of an umbrella saves injured kitten

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Nov 28, 2014

We love a good rescue story, especially when it involves cute kitties! Find out who this rescuer is and why the kitten found himself stuck in a ditch after the jump!

Internet, Japan
(cat • rescue)

Singapore’s Home for Hope Campaign finds homes for shelter dogs…at IKEA!

Krista Rogers
Aug 3, 2014

After reading this, you’ll have even more reason to love IKEA.

Since May, IKEA and other home goods stores in Singapore have been partnering up with local animal rescue groups to raise awareness about dog adoption. To achieve this goal, IKEA has placed photo cutouts of actual shelter dogs within the sample rooms along with information about the process of adoption. The effort has proved incredibly rewarding so far, with many homeless dogs finding themselves a loving family and a brand new life.

SE Asia
(adoption • animal shelters • dogs • ikea • rescue • Singapore)

South Korean TV accused of faking footage of Sewol rescue diver

Fran W
Apr 30, 2014

Further controversy has emerged surrounding the South Korean Sewol ferry disaster, as a TV crew is accused of setting up footage of a rescue diver. Korean media reports that a member of the rescue team who was not working at the time was put in a wetsuit and drenched in water to give the appearance that he had just come back from a dive. Media crews apparently said that a dry-haired diver would not be realistic and believable enough.

Korea
(disaster • ferry • rescue • sewol)

Elementary school girls rescue wheelchair-bound woman stranded on train tracks

Preston Phro
Dec 20, 2013

Here’s a happy little story to start your weekend off right!

This Wednesday, a group of seven elementary school girls spotted an elderly lady trapped on a railroad crossing in Yamanashi Prefecture. Her electric-powered wheelchair had run out of power, leaving the poor woman stranded–and that’s when the brave girls sprang into action.

Japan
(awww • brave • elementary school • rescue • student • trains)

Blind kitten who regained her sight through loving care is thriving one year on

Rona Moon
Aug 26, 2013

One day, one ordinary person and his family found it in their hearts to take in a tiny, abandoned kitten who had lost her sight due to a bad case of conjunctivitis. They already had two dogs under their roof, which would make it difficult to keep a cat. Nevertheless, the father devoted himself to her care as she hovered between life and death, praying for the kitten’s full recovery. He didn’t intend to give the kitten a name at first, as he was worried about becoming too attached, and just called her “cat” (neko in Japanese) but somehow everyone started calling her Niko, which means something like “happy smile”.

Japan
(animals • cats • kitten • recovery • rescue)

Japan Develops Single Passenger Silent Mini Electric Helicopters, Travels at 100km/h (62mph)

Master Blaster
Nov 10, 2012

Every once in a while a story comes along about a flying car or helicopter that fits in a briefcase, but they always disappear into the ether never coming to fruition. It’s understandable since everyone having their own mass produced flying machine would be a safety and law enforcement nightmare.

This time, however, Hirobo in Hiroshima Prefecture may be rolling out a personal helicopter that will actually get off the ground.

Japan
(electric • helicopter • Hiboro • personal • rescue)

Last Samurai Caught on Video on a Train in Arizona, Rescues Passenger Being Beaten

Master Blaster
Nov 1, 2012

On a late night light rail train in Phoenix, Arizona on what authorities believe to have been October 6, a man rescued another passenger from a fight by wielding his samurai sword towards the assailants.

The incident was caught on video and uploaded to YouTube. None of the parties involved have been identified and the police are currently investigating.

Japan, USA
(fight • hero • Katana • rescue • samurai • train)

Chinese Netizens Offer Words of Thanks in Place of Their Government after Japanese Rescue Stranded Crew

Philip Kendall
Oct 25, 2012

In a news story over on the Asahi Shinbun Digital, despite the Japanese coastguard coming to the aid of a Chinese freighter that had caught fire, the Chinese government has yet to issue a statement of thanks.

Chinese netizens, however, have taken to their keyboards to show their gratitude and express their joy upon hearing about the act of humanity despite relations between the two countries being so bad at this time.