NEWSLFLASH! Thanks to Daichen we now know he does exist! And that is actually his face. And he is working towards ESD: Education for Sustainable Development. Here are the links:
http://www.eac-w.com/
http://www.eac-w.com/gaiyou/gaiyou.html
However, I still think this video was manipulated. The most telling sign is the logo in the bottom right hand corner which is play on this logo:
http://www.fedsquare.com/cmsimages/SBS_LOGO_GREY1.jpg
(Thanks to toasterofdelight pointed me to this)
Even Japanese are questioning this. After all, it's not on any main Japanese media.
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1464711419
The video causing all the commotion:
Solution to the Global Food Crisis - Let them eat TURD BURGERS!?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=u1N6QfuIh0g
That was taken from this:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c34_1302410438
On Yahoo.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110615/tc_digitaltrends/japanesescientistscreatesmeatoutoffeces
http://www.naturalnews.com/032715_turd_steaks_human_waste.html
http://www.tofugu.com/2011/06/16/japanese-scientists-learn-how-to-make-meat-from-poop/
Tofugu's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfWixqkROWE
English sites:
http://inhabitat.com/poop-burger-japanese-researcher-creates-artificial-meat-from-human-feces/
http://sciencefocus.com/forum/meat-made-from-human-waste-t1890.html#p15617
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=434330
Japanese sites:
http://news.2chblog.jp/archives/51614517.html
http://25chu.com/archives/51268787.html
http://majikichisokuhou.blog34.fc2.com/blog-entry-3694.html
http://commonpost.boo.jp/?p=2606
The video was here but was taken down:
http://newspickup.com/archives/51904336.html
An article on oil made of human waste by Chinese:
http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/world/20100326/213635/?rt=nocnt
http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/world/20061214/115674/
http://www.recordchina.co.jp/group.php?groupid=40623
A video of the same:
中国では下水から食用油を作ったり3g食べると死ぬ塩を作っていた
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNmQlHzxeuk
In English:
http://www.oilgae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=111
Background pic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lab_bench.jpg
dr. exposed Hoax Japanese lab laboratory poop mitsuyuki ikeda okayama laboratories labs 岡山 池田 池田先生