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.

Two fans revealed to have secretly dated members of girl group Aoyama Saint Hachamecha High School are sued by the group's management company; netizens disapprove.

UN Special Envoy Zainab Bangura comments that Japan and South Korea need to enter into a dialogue to resolve Comfort Women issue; responses from Yahoo! Japan.

Man who threatened convenience store workers and extorted goods from them is arrested in Osaka after he uploaded a video of himself doing it to YouTube; responses.

A high school student who failed the written driver's test 20 times faces criminal charges after allowing his friend to sit the exam; responses from 2ch.net.

An elderly driver who confused the brake and accelerator pedals crashes through the front of a 7-11 store in Osaka, killing a young employee; responses from 2ch.net.

A court grants an innocent verdict for clinically-depressed mother who drowned her disabled daughter as part of a planned murder-suicide; Mixi netizens sympathetic.

Sanrio announces on the 40th birthday of Hello Kitty that the popular character is not a cat but a human child who lives in London; 2ch netizens incredulous.