Police arrest a group of teenagers and an adult who murdered their friend over messages she sent on LINE and dumped her body in the mountains; netizens horrified.

Magazine Nikkan SPA! compiles a list of the top ten Japanese jobs that result in people dying young, with advertising salesperson at No.1 ; 2ch netizens weigh in.

As the Upper House election approaches, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has admitted his party's intention to revise article 9 of the Japanese constitution; responses.

Facebook photo of a store clerk inside a Lawson freezer cabinet goes viral, causing Lawson to fire the boy and close the branch owned by boy's parents; responses.

Ishihara Shintaro, leader of the Restoration Party and ex-mayor of Tokyo, offends netizens once again by suggesting a North Korean abductee is probably a concubine.

Photographs of rural Japan's 'rice paddy art', which uses different strains of rice plants to create huge pictures, are featured on a popular blog; netizens amazed.

Yoshida Masaru, nuclear engineer who was hailed a hero after his courageous leadership of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, dies from cancer; online tributes pour in.

Photographs of a French fry seemingly shattering the window of a train carriage spread on Twitter; Hamusoku netizens question the awesome power of the French fry.