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Prime Minister Abe Shinzo unveils his government's strategies for supporting women in the workplace by increasing child care leave to a maximum of three years.
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Local news reports that a 21-year old man from Hannam, Osaka, was arrested for touching the breasts of a high-school girl on a train to Wakayama city; 2ch responds.
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Osaka education board announces that a female teacher has been suspended for working in the sex trade outside school hours to repay her debt; netizens sympathetic.
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Japanese netizens angry over Tokyo Mayor's remarks about Istanbul and Islam; many extend their friendship to Turkey as Japan Olympic Committee tries to save votes.
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An Oricon.jp chart showing pictures of the most stylish men on the streets of Tokyo are reposted on Hamusoku.com; netizens mock their eccentric fashion choices.
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An online poll of Japanese netizens reveals that the Japanese dialect which most people think is the best for fighting is the Osaka dialect; netizen reactions.
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A Japanese high school issues a handout to students reminding them that the leading cause of death for their age group is suicide; netizens applaud the move
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Anti-Japan demonstrations in Korea as a reaction to the recent remarks of Prime Minister Abe and his cabinet; protestors burn effigies of Abe and the Japanese flag.