A website set up by a Japanese housewife that petitions for the Japanese people to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize gains support; netizens critical of the idea.

A bento box containing foie gras due to go on sale in Family Mart stores on January 28 is cancelled over complaints of animal cruelty; netizens disappointed.

Two women who whose naked bodies were visible to other customers when a hot spring resort curtain fell down sue the hot spring for damages; netizens crticial.

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.

Yahoo! Japan asks whether workers should be paid overtime for drinking with their senior colleagues after work in a process known as "nominication"; responses.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko accuses South Korean President Park Geun Hye of being a "tattletale", causing outrage in the Korean media; reactions.

Chinese ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, refers to Japan as 'Voldemort' from Harry Potter in an article in a UK newspaper; 2ch netizens react to his statement.

Hyogo police charge man with assault after several incidents in which he covered high school girls in mayonnaise at stations; netizens call his actions "perverted".