Interesting news and stories translated into English from Japan and the Japanese-language internet.
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An 18 year old boy is arrested as lead suspect in the murder of 13 year old Kawasaki schoolboy, Uemura Ryota, with 3 other arrests pending; responses from 2ch.net.32 -
A 44 year old woman exposes herself in a family restaurant at 3am while a 52 year old man films her, both are arrested for "nuisance"; responses from Twitter. -
The gruesome murder of Kawasaki schoolboy Uemura Ryota (13) sends shockwaves throughout the country as the murderer is still at large; responses from Yahoo! Japan. -
A blog post from Girls' Talk suggests that the government introduce a 'childless tax' of 2% on monthly income of people who don't have children; netizens respond. -
Eleven elementary school students from Mie Prefecture were taken ill after googling "ISIS" during class and finding images of Goto Kenji's dead body; 2ch responds. -
A blog post written by 53-year old bachelor claiming that he has "nothing to do" with his life now that he is middle-aged and single strikes a chord with netizens. -
An article reposted on Yahoo! Japan warns women that ramen, among a whole host of other foods, could be making their boyfriends go bald; 2ch and Yahoo! respond. -
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A 67 year old man has been arrested for stealing Valentine's chocolates for himself, telling police that he'd never been given any in his life; netizens sympathetic. -
The news that a 40 year old freeter has applied for bankruptcy over loans he took to fund his education generates online debate; Twitter netizens sympathetic. -
Young Cream from K-Pop group M.I.B. posts a South Korean flag with red parts erased because they reminded him of the Japanese rising sun flag; netizens mock him. -
Hidden camera discovered in women's locker room at elementary school is destroyed by vice-principal after principal 'didn't want to investigate'; 2ch.net responds. -
Politician reveals that Goto Kenji was warned three times not to travel to Syria but says that it was the government's responsibility to save him; 2ch responds. -
A female student from Nagoya University admits to killing a 77-year old door-to-door preacher, saying "I wanted to try killing someone"; responses from 2ch.net. -
Police arrest a man whose girlfriend died after taking legal highs for causing death through negligence because the girl was still a minor; responses from mixi. -
Yahoo! Japan article describes the current hostage situation as being retribution for remarks Abe made on his recent tour of the Middle East; netizen responses. -
Media reports that Tokyo University will lift ban on military research are denied by school chief, but netizens are split; responses from Twitter and Yahoo! Japan. -
Ameba News gets to the bottom of a crucial issue with an article that attempts to explain why we have police dogs, but not police cats; netizens love cats.
