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.

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.