{"id":2094,"date":"2026-07-27T20:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:12:03","slug":"japans-monkey-sensation-punch-gets-thousands-of-birthday-messages-as-he-turns-1-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2094","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of birthday messages as he turns 1 on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) \u2014 <span>Punch<\/span>, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people\u2019s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday with a flood of well-wishing messages from his fans around the world \u2014 even though he now has friends and is no longer holding on to the toy. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2086\">French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires<\/a><\/p><p>Punch was abandoned by his mother after his birth a year ago Sunday, presumably because of exhaustion. Zookeepers nursed him and gave him the toy to develop his gripping ability, something newborn macaques need to survive.<\/p><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<bsp-figure>\n<template>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Punch, a young Japanese macaque, plays at Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eugene Hoshiko)\" class=\"wp-image-2091\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a085aa688f2145841a4d094d47a39aa2-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a085aa688f2145841a4d094d47a39aa2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a085aa688f2145841a4d094d47a39aa2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a085aa688f2145841a4d094d47a39aa2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<div><\/div><div>\n<bsp-page-actions>\n<div>\n<!--            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ap%20news\">-->\n<!--            <\/a>-->\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Share\n                    <svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-copy-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-copy-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-print-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-print-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-page-actions>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/template>\n<\/bsp-figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>Punch is no longer a plump baby with the plushie and he\u2019s hard to distinguish from other monkeys as he mingles and plays with them at an enclosure at the Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden. <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He still attracts big crowds, and has received some 2,500 birthday cards from inside and outside Japan, said Takashi Yasunaga, head of the zoo. Many of the cards and other messages fill the walls at an indoor Punch birthday exhibit where visitors can also view video chronicling Punch from his earliest days.<\/p><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<bsp-figure>\n<template>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A visitor reaches toward birthday messages for Punch, a young Japanese macaque, displayed ahead of his first birthday at the Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eugene Hoshiko)\" class=\"wp-image-2092\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26f2d3be0631c555f2cc088b47d0a7eb-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26f2d3be0631c555f2cc088b47d0a7eb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26f2d3be0631c555f2cc088b47d0a7eb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26f2d3be0631c555f2cc088b47d0a7eb.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<div><\/div><div>\n<bsp-page-actions>\n<div>\n<!--            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ap%20news\">-->\n<!--            <\/a>-->\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Share\n                    <svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-copy-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-copy-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-print-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-print-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-page-actions>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/template>\n<\/bsp-figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>\u201cAs Punch was trying very hard struggling to live each day, his two keepers did everything they can while other staff watched over him,\u201d Yasunaga said, recalling the past year. \u201cIt was extremely hot when Punch was born. The memory is still clear to me as the hot season returns.\u201d<\/p><p>In mid-January, after six months of special care by his keepers, Punch was placed into the zoo\u2019s monkey enclosure to join some 50 other monkeys \u2014 a challenge that led to his fame.<\/p>\n<p>In February, images of Punch with his toy posted by the zoo on social media immediately became a sensation and drove tens of thousand of visitors to the zoo, half of them from overseas, Yasunaga said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2084\">What to know about the historic wildfires in France and Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) -->\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When other monkeys shooed the baby away, Punch rushed back to the toy orangutan, hugging it for comfort. Fans cheered him with a #HangInTherePunch tag on social media.<\/p><p>It was not just the cuteness factor of seeing Punch with his toy, but also his lone struggle to be gradually accepted by others that struck a chord, fans say.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kumi Ishizawa, a Kobe resident who was at the birthday exhibit, said she found Punch on social media earlier this year. From then on, overcoming her illness to come see him had become her goal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP Morning Wire Newsletter Embed (self-contained) -->\n<div>\n<!-- Red AP Prompt Bar -->\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>Sign up for Morning Wire:<\/strong>\n    Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day.\n  <\/div>\n<form>\n<input\/>\n<div>\n<div>\n<label>Email address<\/label>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<label>\n<input\/>\n<span>\n          By checking this box, you agree to AP&#8217;s\n          Terms of Use\n          and acknowledge that AP may collect and use your data pursuant to our\n          Privacy Policy.\n        <\/span>\n<\/label>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe moved me &#8230; I kept on telling myself that I\u2019m going to get well and come visit to see Punch,\u201d said Ishizawa, who has since recovered and dropped by the zoo after wrapping up a business trip. \u201cAnd here I am, I made it. I\u2019m very happy I could finally see him in person.\u201d<\/p><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<bsp-figure>\n<template>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kumi Ishizawa, a first-time visitor from Kobe, western Japan, displays a birthday message for Punch, a young Japanese macaque, at the Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eugene Hoshiko)\" class=\"wp-image-2093\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32823091d2282e083541de3f1caf8d7f-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32823091d2282e083541de3f1caf8d7f-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32823091d2282e083541de3f1caf8d7f-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32823091d2282e083541de3f1caf8d7f.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<div><\/div><div>\n<bsp-page-actions>\n<div>\n<!--            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ap%20news\">-->\n<!--            <\/a>-->\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Share\n                    <svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-copy-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-copy-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<bsp-print-link>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-print-link>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-page-actions>\n<\/div>\n<\/bsp-carousel-read-more>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/template>\n<\/bsp-figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>Yeye Lights, a longtime resident in the city, had never visited the zoo until she became a Punch fan and now has an annual visitor pass. She was hooked by Punch after her daughter in the Philippines told her about the monkey. <\/p><p>\u201cI have a cake for Punch-kun, I\u2019m celebrating with my friends,\u201d Lights said, using an affectionate Japanese honorific for boys. She thanked the monkey\u2019s two carers for taking good care of him.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2082\">Zelenskyy to meet sailors and Britain\u2019s new leader on visit to a UK port<\/a><\/p><p>___<\/p><p>Yamaguchi reported from Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people\u2019s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday Sunday. The zoo has been flooded by well-wishing messages from his fans around the world \u2014 even though he now has friends and is no longer holding on to the toy. Punch still attracts big crowds, and has received some 2,500 birthday cards from around the world, said Takashi Yasunaga, head of the Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japan\u2019s monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of birthday messages as he turns 1 on Sunday - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2094\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japan\u2019s monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of birthday messages as he turns 1 on Sunday - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people\u2019s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday Sunday. 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