Pop star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu faces a backlash after posting an image of herself with her middle-finger in front of her eye after fans call it 'insulting'; responses.

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.

McDonald's Japan admits that last year a customer found a fragment of human tooth in their fries and only received a free meal coupon in apology; netizens repulsed.

Variety reports that Scarlett Johansson is to play the lead in the Hollywood remake of popular comic "Ghost in the Shell", but Japanese netizens aren't impressed.

An article advises women readers to dump boyfriends if they don't put high-value notes in the shrine offering box during the New Year visit; 2ch netizens enraged.

Four men arrested after forcing a store clerk to kneel on the ground and apologise for 25 minutes for serving them hot coffee instead of iced coffee; responses.

Japan is to petition the European Union (EU) over import ban on bonito flakes (katsuobushi) after levels of carcinogens were found to be too high; netizens angry.

Tragic accident in which student crashed brand-new sports car into car traveling on opposite side of road results in one death and five casualties; responses.