Pictures, photographs, and images spreading in Japan and on the Japanese-language internet, along with the stories surrounding them, translated into English.
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'Cat Island' in Ehime Prefecture, an island full of stray cats, is called 'heaven' by netizens as photographs are reposted on 2ch blogs; responses from 2ch.net.6
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Netizens are horrified by the remarkable sculpture work of Copenhagen-based artist Maria Rubinke and her blood-stained porcelain dolls; reactions from Twitter.
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A photograph uploaded to Twitter of a university student who inserted a drinking water tap into his ass goes viral; netizens discuss the scandalous picture.
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Pictures of the loveable "Fuu-chan", a Japanese cat who always wears a troubled expression on his face, start to trend on Twitter; netizen responses from 2ch.
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Japanese youths who cleaned their local beach after visitors left it strewn with trash are praised by netizens after picture goes viral on Twitter; 2ch reactions.
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Netizens celebrate the victory of Funasshii, Funabashi's "unofficial" mascot, who has been elected as Japan's most popular regional mascot; reactions from Twitter.
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The amazing news that passengers co-operated to tilt over an entire train to save a woman stuck between the platform and the train trends online; netizen responses.
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Photographs of rural Japan's 'rice paddy art', which uses different strains of rice plants to create huge pictures, are featured on a popular blog; netizens amazed.
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Photographs of a French fry seemingly shattering the window of a train carriage spread on Twitter; Hamusoku netizens question the awesome power of the French fry.
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Man who randomly fired gun inside Tokyo's Shibuya Station is tackled to the ground by police and arrested; Twitter reactions from netizens who were at the scene.
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The appearance of photographs on Twitter that show an AIDS-awareness mascot in the shape of a fluffy condom called "Com-chan" shock and amuse Japanese netizens.
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Netizens celebrate Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso Taro for eating an ice-cream in a convenience store car park; photo approaches 20,000 re-tweets.
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Koiyamagata station in Tottori Prefecture, which has only 2 passengers a day, has been renovated and painted pink to encourage lovers to visit; 2ch netizens respond
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When the skies over Tokai turned pink on May 30, Twitter users immediately uploaded a series of photographs showing the unusual dusk, and the pictures soon trended.
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A customer who was served udon noodles on a moldy bamboo mat uploads photographs of the mold to Facebook, prompting an apology from the company and netizen outrage.
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An Oricon.jp chart showing pictures of the most stylish men on the streets of Tokyo are reposted on Hamusoku.com; netizens mock their eccentric fashion choices.
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Anti-Japan demonstrations in Korea as a reaction to the recent remarks of Prime Minister Abe and his cabinet; protestors burn effigies of Abe and the Japanese flag.