Tama-chan has had an overwhelming e-mail response to the exclusive interview he gave to The Japan Times on April 1. This week he shares with us a selection of queries submitted by readers.
Given you are eating food that filters the polluted water you live in, and that your body likely has high concentrations of heavy metals and other nasty residues, how long do you expect to live? Is your slow chemical death worth all the happy faces in Japan? -- Jason in Maine
Bearded seals don't actually annunciate (sic) like that -- Jim in la-la land
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