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Mainichi Shimbun reports that a middle school student committed suicide after his teacher ignored cries for help written in the boy's school diary; netizens angry.
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Much-loved candy Puccho teams up with Sanrio character KIRIMI-chan (a salmon fillet), to create a fish-flavor candy that contains actual fish; netizens curious.
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The recent suicide on board a shinkansen train continues to dominate domestic news, with speculation that the 71 year old man killed himself over his pension.
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Fire breaks out on board one of Japan's shinkansen bullet trains after a man covered himself with oil and set himself alight in on-board suicide attempt; responses.
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Netizens are shocked at the sad news that 16 year old cat Station Master Tama, who was the feline mascot of Wakayama Railways, has died; responses from Twitter.
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Asahi Shimbun reports that a 27 year old man has been arrested for sharing naked images of woman on LINE in a test of the new Anti-Revenge Porn Act; mixi responds.
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The story of a woman who posted online that she'd thrown out her husband's sticker collection goes viral, but can he sue her? 2ch netizens support the husband.
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Yahoo! Japan reports on woman arrested for manslaughter after she flung open her car door after an argument, killing her mother; Twitter netizens think its murder.
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Japan Pensions Service reveals a massive information leak in which files of over a million pension holders were hacked; netizens unimpressed with cyber security.
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A recent mixi News article suggests 4 reasons long-term boyfriends don't propose to their girlfriends; mixi netizens say if he liked it, he'd have put a ring on it.
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A Tokyo judge rules that a 7-year affair between a man and a 'club mamma' was indirect prostitution and therefore not adultery; 2ch netizens extremely confused.
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Yahoo! Japan reports on arrest of a 43 year old man who posted threats to the safety of Princess Kako on Internet message board 2ch; netizens suspect he's Korean.
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An article from a small Korean online newspaper goes viral after the author blasts Japan and suggests Princess Kako be sent to be a Comfort Woman; reactions.
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Abe Shinzo's cabinet adopt a bill that would authorize the right to collective self-defense in Japan, voiding Article 9 of the constitution; responses from Yahoo!.
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Recent statistics reveal Japan is the only nation of the G7 countries in which suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 15 -34; responses from 2ch.net.
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A 35 year old man is arrested after entering a woman's unlocked apartment in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, and raping her as she slept; Yahoo! netizens shocked and outraged.
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Teenage girl asks other netizens on popular Q&A site Oshiete! Goo why Japanese girls are so thin, prompting a strong online response; reactions from mixi netizens.
Mainichi Shimbun reports that a middle school student committed suicide after his teacher ignored cries for help written in the boy's school diary; netizens angry.
Much-loved candy Puccho teams up with Sanrio character KIRIMI-chan (a salmon fillet), to create a fish-flavor candy that contains actual fish; netizens curious.
The recent suicide on board a shinkansen train continues to dominate domestic news, with speculation that the 71 year old man killed himself over his pension.
Fire breaks out on board one of Japan's shinkansen bullet trains after a man covered himself with oil and set himself alight in on-board suicide attempt; responses.
Netizens are shocked at the sad news that 16 year old cat Station Master Tama, who was the feline mascot of Wakayama Railways, has died; responses from Twitter.
Asahi Shimbun reports that a 27 year old man has been arrested for sharing naked images of woman on LINE in a test of the new Anti-Revenge Porn Act; mixi responds.
The story of a woman who posted online that she'd thrown out her husband's sticker collection goes viral, but can he sue her? 2ch netizens support the husband.
Yahoo! Japan reports on woman arrested for manslaughter after she flung open her car door after an argument, killing her mother; Twitter netizens think its murder.
Japan Pensions Service reveals a massive information leak in which files of over a million pension holders were hacked; netizens unimpressed with cyber security.
A Tokyo judge rules that a 7-year affair between a man and a 'club mamma' was indirect prostitution and therefore not adultery; 2ch netizens extremely confused.
Yahoo! Japan reports on arrest of a 43 year old man who posted threats to the safety of Princess Kako on Internet message board 2ch; netizens suspect he's Korean.
An article from a small Korean online newspaper goes viral after the author blasts Japan and suggests Princess Kako be sent to be a Comfort Woman; reactions.
Abe Shinzo's cabinet adopt a bill that would authorize the right to collective self-defense in Japan, voiding Article 9 of the constitution; responses from Yahoo!.
Recent statistics reveal Japan is the only nation of the G7 countries in which suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 15 -34; responses from 2ch.net.
A 35 year old man is arrested after entering a woman's unlocked apartment in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, and raping her as she slept; Yahoo! netizens shocked and outraged.
Teenage girl asks other netizens on popular Q&A site Oshiete! Goo why Japanese girls are so thin, prompting a strong online response; reactions from mixi netizens.
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