
Japan’s population of NEETs continues to burgeon despite the supposed success of Abenomics, with the proportion of young people now engaged in providing “home security” now at record levels.
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A supposedly “Japanese” celebration of the recent horrific events in Boston has outraged many Japanese – most of whom see good evidence it is a Korean crazy posing as a Japanese in a crude attempt to make Americans hate one the defilers of Dokdo.
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A recent middle school class photo circulating on Twitter has been causing a stir in Japan – though whether their faux outrage is due to concerns about their precocious antics or sheer envy is another matter…
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Apple has banned all 2ch-related Apps from its app store for offering too-ready access to porn and hurtful remarks.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Feb 10, 2013 17:24 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Crime, Hacking, Internet, Neko, Otaku, Police, Technology, Viruses



Police say they have arrested the evil hacker who tricked them into forcing 4 innocents to confess to planning massacres, after he was caught on camera delivering a taunting digital message to police by cat – and Japan’s media has wasted no time in painting him as the archetypal creepy otaku.
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The 2012 prize for the most devotedly lonely Christmas Eve spent with imaginary girlfriends looks to have been awarded to Madoka fans, for whom it seems no Christmas is complete without a festive shrine to the magical puella of their choice…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Dec 20, 2012 21:38 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Crime, Drugs, Internet, Law, Otaku, Police, Politics, Technology

Japanese cops have announced they have filed charges of promoting drug dealing against Hiroyuki, the infamous founder of Japan’s megaboard 2ch.net.
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 27, 2012 21:28 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Anniversaries, Cake, Events, Image Gallery, K-ON!, Moe, Otaku, Ronery, Yui



K-ON! may have ended, but Yui Hirasawa’s innumerable fans are still ardently celebrating her birthday with as much enthusiasm (some would say creepiness) as ever, and sharing their tributes online:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Galleries, H, Japan
- Date: Nov 15, 2012 06:10 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Exhibitionism, Goddesses, Gyaru, Image Gallery, Oppai, Oshiri, Pantsu

A likely gyaru has finally joined the ranks of 2ch’s random exhibitionists, gleefully showing off just how extensive her tan is, though thankfully sparing the details of her makeup…
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Azusa Nakano‘s legion of fans has been celebrating her November 11th birthday with more enthusiasm than ever, crashing TBS’s site repeatedly in their frenzy to get at her birthday goods, and flooding the Internet with their many tributes.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Oct 22, 2012 03:25 JST
- Tags: 2ch, 5th Avenue, Adaptations, Aoi Sekai, Censorship, Image Gallery, Oppai, Otaku




If warring tribes of console fanatics on 2ch can have their own RPG franchise, they can also have their own manga and now anime – so goes the reasoning behind Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de, one of the season’s crop of shiny boob anime. Viewers seem to disagree, however.
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Japan’s police chief has finally apologised for ruining the lives of 4 virus victims suspected of plotting mass murder, all falsely arrested on the belief that an IP address constituted irrefutable proof of guilt, and in several cases apparently coerced into admitting their guilt.
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