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'Erotic' advert for mushroom company Hokuto, featuring actors Kaname Jun and Suzuki Sawa, gets millions of YouTube views for being too sexy; 2ch netizens respond.
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A survey reveals that young Japanese employees see the Studio Ghibli character Totoro as their ideal lover, and Nausicaa as the ideal leader; netizen responses.
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Netizens ask whether children should be allowed into polling stations with parents after some parents with children were turned away at recent election.
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A government discussion about a proposed "death consumption tax", payable out of a person's estate upon their death has drawn strong online criticism; 2ch responds.
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Minegishi Minami, the AKB48 member at the centre of a sex scandal in January, appears in a women's magazine without her wig, but Japanese netizens are unforgiving.
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The Japanese government creates a strategy as part of 'Cool Japan' to encourage more foreign learners of the Japanese language abroad; netizens open to the idea.
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The Liberal Democratic Party has announced the winning entry for it's competition to create a 'yuru-kyara' ('relaxing character') of Abe Shinzo and Ishiba Shigeru.
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According to a joint survey by the Ministries of Labour and Education, 81.7% of Japanese university students have job offers before graduating; netizens skeptical.
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Netizens compile the best, worst and weirdest chat-up lines that they've heard on commuter trains in Japan as commuters try to find love; don't try these at home.
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Netizens have reacted angrily to what an Asahi Shimbun column described as a 'heartwarming' story of a woman and her daughter giving a freezing pizza boy cold beer.
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Minegishi Minami, a member of the popular Japanese girl band AKB48, shaves her head as a punishment for being photographed staying at a boy's house by a magazine.
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Popular Japanese music programme 'Music Station' causes controversy over audience selection procedure, with only cute, young girls being encouraged to apply.
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Body advertising, the latest advertising trend to hit Japan, sees young people wearing adverts on their face or thighs, then posting them on SNS. Netizens react.
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Japanese police are criticized for forced confessions in their investigation of the iesys.exe virus that allows an infected computer to be remotely controlled.
'Erotic' advert for mushroom company Hokuto, featuring actors Kaname Jun and Suzuki Sawa, gets millions of YouTube views for being too sexy; 2ch netizens respond.
A survey reveals that young Japanese employees see the Studio Ghibli character Totoro as their ideal lover, and Nausicaa as the ideal leader; netizen responses.
Netizens ask whether children should be allowed into polling stations with parents after some parents with children were turned away at recent election.
A government discussion about a proposed "death consumption tax", payable out of a person's estate upon their death has drawn strong online criticism; 2ch responds.
Minegishi Minami, the AKB48 member at the centre of a sex scandal in January, appears in a women's magazine without her wig, but Japanese netizens are unforgiving.
The Japanese government creates a strategy as part of 'Cool Japan' to encourage more foreign learners of the Japanese language abroad; netizens open to the idea.
The Liberal Democratic Party has announced the winning entry for it's competition to create a 'yuru-kyara' ('relaxing character') of Abe Shinzo and Ishiba Shigeru.
According to a joint survey by the Ministries of Labour and Education, 81.7% of Japanese university students have job offers before graduating; netizens skeptical.
Netizens compile the best, worst and weirdest chat-up lines that they've heard on commuter trains in Japan as commuters try to find love; don't try these at home.
Netizens have reacted angrily to what an Asahi Shimbun column described as a 'heartwarming' story of a woman and her daughter giving a freezing pizza boy cold beer.
Minegishi Minami, a member of the popular Japanese girl band AKB48, shaves her head as a punishment for being photographed staying at a boy's house by a magazine.
Popular Japanese music programme 'Music Station' causes controversy over audience selection procedure, with only cute, young girls being encouraged to apply.
Body advertising, the latest advertising trend to hit Japan, sees young people wearing adverts on their face or thighs, then posting them on SNS. Netizens react.
Japanese police are criticized for forced confessions in their investigation of the iesys.exe virus that allows an infected computer to be remotely controlled.
Thanks besudesu for bringing that up! Some people say it might be a Japanese thing - not saying anything (even if finding it weird to proceed with their investi ...10 years ago»