Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso is in hot water for remarking that elderly should 'hurry up and die' due to high cost of terminal-phase care.

Netizens' pictures of the unique snowmen they created during the heavy snow gain popularity on Twitter and are compiled by Twitter compilation site Togetter.com.

A competition to find Japan's 'True Number One Hostess' was held in Tokyo, with the winner being crowned out of 5,500 entries. Netizens discuss the winning girl.

Hatoyama Yukio, former Prime Minister of Japan, is called a 'traitor' by Defense Minister Onodera Istunori for acknowledging that Senkaku is a disputed territory.

An elderly woman who suffered from Parkinson's disease drowns in a Japanese care home bathtub after being left unattended for an hour and a half; netizen responses.

Girls who wore 'oiran-style' kimonos for their coming of age ceremonies on 'Coming of Age Day' in Japan cause online controversy; netizens criticize their fashion.

In their annual bulletin to the military and to the state media, Chinese military leaders have instructed the PLA to 'prepare for war'; Japan's netizens respond.

A series of tweets by a Japanese blogger describing who the netouyo are really angry with is featured on the tweet compilation site Togetter.com; netizen responses.