The Mahikari Hoax The Harvard Asia Quarterly tells the story of Fujimura Shinichi, a once-renowned amateur Japanese archaeologist nicknamed 'God's Hands' (神の手） for his seemingly preternatural talent for finding artifacts, who was caught planting planting stone tools, some of which he had fabricated himself, others he had taken from other sites, at an archaeological dig in Miyagi, northern Japan. [more inside]
posted by KokuRyu on Oct 6, 2007 - 25 comments

The "Hip Nip" is no more. Noriyuki "Pat" Morita has died at 73.
posted by Vidiot on Nov 25, 2005 - 69 comments