Tsushima city council votes to build an undersea tunnel linking Japan and Korea in the same way as the Channel Tunnel links the UK and France; netizens disagree.

A video showing the Prime Minister Abe Shinzo losing his temper at quiz questions from the opposition on the Japanese constitution goes viral; netizens sympathetic.

An article for Reuters asks whether "Abenomics" is bad news for Japan's ageing population given their high savings rates; netizens discuss Abe's economic policies.

The Japanese government creates a strategy as part of 'Cool Japan' to encourage more foreign learners of the Japanese language abroad; netizens open to the idea.

Netizens are amazed by a series of photographs of the remote volcanic island of Aogashima, which has 165 inhabitants, making it the least populated place in Japan.

Japanese love counsellor Hanebayashi Yuzu claims that men do find voluptuous women are sexy, but the women themselves need more confidence; some netizens disagree.

The last overground Tōyoko line train left Tokyo's Shibuya station on March 15, as part of station redevelopments to be completed by 2027; netizens nostalgic.

The Liberal Democratic Party has announced the winning entry for it's competition to create a 'yuru-kyara' ('relaxing character') of Abe Shinzo and Ishiba Shigeru.