Video, film, and animation going viral and being shared in Japan on the Japanese-language internet, including translations and background information.
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Widespread anger and outrage after the family of an elderly care home resident published a video of their relative being abused by nursing staff; 2ch responds. -
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. -
Lumine is forced to pull new ad after it was blasted for containing scenes of sexual harassment while claiming to support women in the workplace; Twitter responds. -
Yahoo! Japan reports that a doctor cursed at a Brazilian man who had brought his daughter for emergency treatment, but video shows man was also violent; responses. -
'Pick-up artist' Julien Blanc's upcoming trip to Japan has drawn rapid criticism, prompting an petition to prevent Blanc from entering the country; 2ch.net responds. -
The video of Japanese flautist Oda Yukie peforming in Denmark spreads online thanks to a butterfly that sat between her brows as she played; 2ch.net responds. -
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Following the viral video of Hyogo politician Nonomura weeping on TV after fiddling his expenses, netizens vandalize his Wikipedia page; responses from 2ch.net. -
A video of Japan's "Rabbit Island" showing a girl surrounded by a colony of rabbits goes viral on YouTube; netizens describe the rabbits as "flood of cuteness". -
Japanese airline lands in hot water with foreign residents of Japan over it's 'racist' portrayal of a white people as having blond hair and big noses; responses. -
A video showing two hamsters in a new type of hamster-wheel has taken the Japanese internet by storm; netizens say they laughed so much it made their stomachs hurt. -
'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 YouTube video featuring an "American" in Korea who gets beaten up by locals for asking the way goes viral on the Japanese internet; netizens respond to the video. -
The recent release of K-Pop sensation PSY's new song "Gentleman" featuring Ga-In receives an overwhelmingly positive response on Twitter from Japanese netizens. -
A video showing the Prime Minister Abe Shinzo losing his temper at quiz questions from the opposition on the Japanese constitution goes viral; netizens sympathetic. -
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. -
The mayor of Okayama City appears in a spoof video where he transforms into a demon and renames the city 'Momotaro City'; video goes viral. Netizens confused.
