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2 U.S. men fined 300,000 yen for trespassing at enclosure of monkey Punch

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Two U.S. nationals were fined 300,000 yen ($1,876) each on Friday over a trespassing incident at the enclosure of Punch, a Japanese macaque that went viral for clinging to an orangutan plushie at a zoo near Tokyo.

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Punch and other monkeys from a zoo in Japan will benefit from air conditioning and a larger yard. Local authorities in the city of Ichikawa have allocated a budget of $437,000 for...

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The Ichikawa zoo staff didn't like the fact that someone else besides them wanted to ease the pain of Punch, who was left alone, with a stuffed animal.

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Punch, a Japanese macaque monkey born in July last year, was abandoned by her mother shortly after birth. Zoo officials gave her a stuffed orangutan.

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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Japan on Friday, June 5, 2026.
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