Korean comedian jokes about sending Japanese football fans "healthy Japanese cherries" from Fukushima, implying that they are radioactive; Japanese netizens angry.

Netizens celebrate the victory of Funasshii, Funabashi's "unofficial" mascot, who has been elected as Japan's most popular regional mascot; reactions from Twitter.

Netizens ask whether children should be allowed into polling stations with parents after some parents with children were turned away at recent election.

Japanese netizens tweet "BALS" during showing of the Studio Ghibli film "Laputa: Castle In The Sky", breaking the record for number of tweets per second once more.

Oh Seon Hwa, a Korean-born naturalised Japanese citizen specialising in Japan-Korea relations at Takushoku University, is refused entry to Korea; netizen responses.

Japanese netizens respond to news that UK intelligence services have allegedly banned Lenovo PCs due to "backdoor chips" making the machines vulnerable to hacking.

A school principal in Osaka has resigned after the education committee decided he should be punished for hitting a boy who brought a knife to school; 2ch reactions.

The website Naver Matome claims that not using shampoo improves the condition of your hair and prevents baldness, dandruff, and dermatitis; 2ch netizens skeptical.