{"id":158312,"date":"2023-11-21T11:53:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=158312&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:53:12","slug":"monkey-sighting-at-fukuoka-middle-school-hastens-dismissal-time","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/monkey-sighting-at-fukuoka-middle-school-hastens-dismissal-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Sighting at Fukuoka Middle School Hastens Dismissal Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On November 20th, a monkey appeared near the gate of Jonan Middle School in Chayama, Fukuoka&#8217;s Jonan Ward. No injuries were reported. The school expedited dismissal time as a precaution. The monkey, about 50 cm long, was lost from view after crossing a nearby river. Deputy Principal Takashi Ota described taking early dismissal measures due to concerns about monkey attacks. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20231120\/5010022510.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_158329\" style=\"width: 1060px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158329\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158329\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_monkey-oita_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1050%2C1400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Monkey Sighting at Fukuoka Middle School Hastens Dismissal Time\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_monkey-oita_2023_WEB.jpeg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_monkey-oita_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_monkey-oita_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-158329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo for image purpose only<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 20th, a monkey appeared near the gate of Jonan Middle School in Chayama, Fukuoka&#8217;s Jonan Ward. No injuries were reported. The school expedited&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":158330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-158312","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-jonan-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/158312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}