Online gaming companies are under fire from Japan's consumer watchdog as school-age children rack up huge credit card bills through online games; netizen responses.

Kono Yohei, former LDP Speaker of the House of Representatives and advocate of East Asian co-operation, states that Japan's economy has no future without China.

The J-pop idol Kyary Pamyu Pamyu offended Korean netizens by tweeting New Year's cards featuring images of the Japanese imperial flag; Japanese netizens respond.

An Akihabara 'soineya' or 'cuddle cafe', introduces an 'ass pillow service' where men rest their head on a girl's ass for 1,000 yen per minute. Netizen responses.

After a second-year high school student commits suicide, it is revealed that he had been suffering corporal punishment at the hands of the basketball team coach.

A feature in the Yomiuri Shimbun claims that Japanese university students eat alone in toilet stalls and rent friends due to fear of being labelled 'loners'.

Former Fuji Television announcer Yokote (Chino) Shio hita a man in a Shizuoka hotel car park with her car, resulting in the man's death. Netizen responses.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo states that he wants to improve relations with the new Korean administration, terming Korea Japan's 'most important neighbour'.