Police arrest two men for fraud in Osaka after a drug dealer beats them up for trying to buy amphetamines with a toy 1,000,000 yen note; Twitter netizens amused.

A girl stands up to defend her classmate from bullies during recess but is assaulted by three other children as teacher looks on; netizens praise girl's bravery.

Netizens mock ex-Tokyo Mayor Ishihara Shintaro as he announces formation of yet another political party, the "Next Generation Party" -- despite being 81 years old.

A man sets himself alight in Shinjuku, Tokyo, as protest to recent debates over Japan's right to collective self-defence; netizens react on Twitter to the incident.

Photographs of female university students passed out en masse in central Tokyo trend online as netizens try to work out what has happened; responses from 2ch.

Yahoo! Japan reports on China's Yulin City dog meat festival, but Japanese netizens surprisingly supportive, saying nations should respect each other's food culture.

MSN Sankei reports that LDP politicans will raise a motion in the Diet proposing a tax on mobile phones in Japan; netizens take to Twitter to express their anger.

A female politician was driven to tears as male politicians mocked her while she gave a speech in the Diet about supporting women who wanted children; responses.