Yep. Osaka Police lived up to their reputation of being the worst in Japan, when they decided that they needed 460 Patrol Cars (and a helicopter) to chase down a lone car (so that’s 2240 officers versus one person).
To make things more embarrassing for them, they didn’t even catch the guy… who had to crash off before the police got their hands on him.

There’s some footage over at Japan Probe.

In other Japan news…

Nessie

Now, I have to admit that this looks quite cool.

Kobe Beef… don’t let Hugh F-W see this

In recent weeks, there has been a fair bit on British TV about animal welfare when it comes to the production of food. This has included Chickens on Channel 4, and young animals (Calfs for Veal, Suckling Piglets and Kids etc) on BBC3.

Well, this is quite an interesting article on Kobe beef, which is rather well known.
Link here.

In fact, this is not even a new story, as this was covered back a few years ago.

I guess Westerners just want to remember the old stereotype image of pampered cows, getting pissed on beer, being massaged and having a very nice life…. rather than the reality.