Stories

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  Japanese Ex-General ‘Blames’ Victim in US Soldier Rape Case
  Ex-Military General Tamogami Toshio receives floods of criticism over remarks about the victim in recent rape allegations against American soliders in Okinawa.
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  Japan 101st in Global Gender Equality Rankings, Reactions
  Japanese netizens react to Japan's low position as 101st in the Global Gender Gap Rankings 2012 by the World Economic Forum, suggesting that the report is biased.
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  Japanese Model Yoshimatsu Ikumi Wins Miss International 2012
  Japanese netizens discuss the tastes of Westerners after model Yoshimatsu Ikumi became the first Japanese woman to win the Miss International pageant.
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  ‘Anti-K-Pop’ YouTube Algorithm Change Applauded by Japanese
  Japanese netizens applaud YouTube's algorithm change for dropping PSY's viral video 'Gangnam Style' out of the Top 100 list, calling the decision 'anti K-pop'.
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  Government Wants to Buy Nobel Prize Winner a Washing Machine
  Japanese netizens are unimpressed by the Cabinet's decision to congratulate Professor Yamanaka Shinya on his Nobel Prize in Medicine with a new washing machine.
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  TV Cook Ashamed of Being Japanese After Seeing Sign in UK
  Netizen reactions to popular TV cook Suzuki Tokiko being embarrassed of her countrymen after seeing a no-entry sign aimed at Japanese tourists in the UK Cotswolds.
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  Police False Arrests in Remote Control Virus Case Criticized
  Japanese police are criticized for forced confessions in their investigation of the iesys.exe virus that allows an infected computer to be remotely controlled.
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  Japanese Youth Increasingly Losing Interest in Sex, Reactions
  Japanese netizen reactions to a Japan Family Planning Association survey revealing that young people are losing interest in sex, becoming 'sexless herbivores'.
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