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Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso is in hot water for remarking that elderly should 'hurry up and die' due to high cost of terminal-phase care.
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Netizens' pictures of the unique snowmen they created during the heavy snow gain popularity on Twitter and are compiled by Twitter compilation site Togetter.com.
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A competition to find Japan's 'True Number One Hostess' was held in Tokyo, with the winner being crowned out of 5,500 entries. Netizens discuss the winning girl.
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Hatoyama Yukio, former Prime Minister of Japan, is called a 'traitor' by Defense Minister Onodera Istunori for acknowledging that Senkaku is a disputed territory.
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Girls who wore 'oiran-style' kimonos for their coming of age ceremonies on 'Coming of Age Day' in Japan cause online controversy; netizens criticize their fashion.
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In their annual bulletin to the military and to the state media, Chinese military leaders have instructed the PLA to 'prepare for war'; Japan's netizens respond.
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A series of tweets by a Japanese blogger describing who the netouyo are really angry with is featured on the tweet compilation site Togetter.com; netizen responses.
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An Akihabara 'soineya' or 'cuddle cafe', introduces an 'ass pillow service' where men rest their head on a girl's ass for 1,000 yen per minute. Netizen responses.
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After a second-year high school student commits suicide, it is revealed that he had been suffering corporal punishment at the hands of the basketball team coach.
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A feature in the Yomiuri Shimbun claims that Japanese university students eat alone in toilet stalls and rent friends due to fear of being labelled 'loners'.
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Former Fuji Television announcer Yokote (Chino) Shio hita a man in a Shizuoka hotel car park with her car, resulting in the man's death. Netizen responses.
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The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) expresses 'regret' at Seoul Supreme Court refusal to extradite Chinese man suspected of arson at Yasukuni Shrine.
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Japanese netizens opt to send their new year greetings on Twitter, breaking the world record for the most tweets in a single second.
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Japanese netizens discuss which of Japan's shrines is the coolest for a new year visit in this popular 2ch.net thread, with pictures of netizens' favourite shrines.
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Netizens react to a piece in the Niigata Nippo newspaper by social activist Amamiya Karin in which she goes to a Korean restaurant that serves leftovers to customers.
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After an article asks why Christmas in Japan is seen as a lovers' festival unrelated to Christian tradition, netizens give their own theories on Christmas in Japan.
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Nishimura Hiroyuki, the founder of 2Channel, is referred to prosecutors for failing to remove posts related to the purchase and sale of drugs on the internet boards.
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso is in hot water for remarking that elderly should 'hurry up and die' due to high cost of terminal-phase care.
Netizens' pictures of the unique snowmen they created during the heavy snow gain popularity on Twitter and are compiled by Twitter compilation site Togetter.com.
A competition to find Japan's 'True Number One Hostess' was held in Tokyo, with the winner being crowned out of 5,500 entries. Netizens discuss the winning girl.
Hatoyama Yukio, former Prime Minister of Japan, is called a 'traitor' by Defense Minister Onodera Istunori for acknowledging that Senkaku is a disputed territory.
In their annual bulletin to the military and to the state media, Chinese military leaders have instructed the PLA to 'prepare for war'; Japan's netizens respond.
A series of tweets by a Japanese blogger describing who the netouyo are really angry with is featured on the tweet compilation site Togetter.com; netizen responses.
An Akihabara 'soineya' or 'cuddle cafe', introduces an 'ass pillow service' where men rest their head on a girl's ass for 1,000 yen per minute. Netizen responses.
After a second-year high school student commits suicide, it is revealed that he had been suffering corporal punishment at the hands of the basketball team coach.
A feature in the Yomiuri Shimbun claims that Japanese university students eat alone in toilet stalls and rent friends due to fear of being labelled 'loners'.![Former Fuji Television announcer Yokote [Chino] Shio hits and kills a man wit.h her car in a carpark](https://www.japancrush.com/wp-content/uploads/japancrush/2013/01/rsz_chinopan-accident-01-300x200.jpg)
Former Fuji Television announcer Yokote (Chino) Shio hita a man in a Shizuoka hotel car park with her car, resulting in the man's death. Netizen responses.
The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) expresses 'regret' at Seoul Supreme Court refusal to extradite Chinese man suspected of arson at Yasukuni Shrine.
Japanese netizens opt to send their new year greetings on Twitter, breaking the world record for the most tweets in a single second.
Japanese netizens discuss which of Japan's shrines is the coolest for a new year visit in this popular 2ch.net thread, with pictures of netizens' favourite shrines.
Netizens react to a piece in the Niigata Nippo newspaper by social activist Amamiya Karin in which she goes to a Korean restaurant that serves leftovers to customers.
After an article asks why Christmas in Japan is seen as a lovers' festival unrelated to Christian tradition, netizens give their own theories on Christmas in Japan.
Nishimura Hiroyuki, the founder of 2Channel, is referred to prosecutors for failing to remove posts related to the purchase and sale of drugs on the internet boards.
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