Here is an archive of everything that has been featured in each weekly category. Don’t forget to go to the blog archive menu on the home page for the complete blog post and weekly features!
News story of the week
Week 1: The Spirit of the Japanese
Week 2: Maehara Seiji announces candidacy
Week 3: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
Week 4: Talas typhoon hits Japan
Week 5: Bubble-blowing baluga whale
Week 6: Yakutanegoyo trees – national monument?
Week 7: Government lied to Fukushima victims?
Week 8: Ozawa’s trial begins
Week 9: Free flights to Japan?
Week 10: 15 Japanese restaurants receive coveted Michelin 3 star award
Week 13: Fukushima disaster prompts rise in marriage and divorce
Week 14: Emperor’s illness prompts discussion on age limit for ruling
Week 15: Japan’s supercar crash
Week 16: Japan and China in panda talk
Week 17: Japan’s kanji character of 2011
Week 18: Online poll reveals dating habits of young Japanese men
Week 19: Number of suicides exceeds 30,000 for 14th year in a row
Week 21: Extreme snow in Japan
Week 22: Japan’s elderly population turn to gaming
Week 24: Arranged marriages make a comeback in Japan
Week 1: Akihabara
Week 2: Onomichi
Week 3: Takayama
Week 4: Kinosaki
Week 5: Okazaki
Week 6: Sendai
Week 7: Uwajima
Week 8: Takachiho
Week 9: Otaru
Week 10: Uji
Week 13: Mashiko
Week 14: Tateyama
Week 15: Yudanaka
Week 16: Shirakawa go
Week 17: Gujo Hachiman
Week 18: Sengoku Jidai Mura
Week 19: Bitchu-Takahashi
Week 21: Amanohashidate
Week 22: Kamikochi
Week 24: Tsumago
Japanese saying of the week
Week 1: Ichigo Ichie
Week 2: Suki koso mono no jouzu nare
Week 3: Akinasu wa yome ni kuwansuna
Week 4: Ame futte ji katamaru
Week 5: Three approaches to non-compliance
Week 6: Masamune’s aphorism
Week 7: Saru mo ki kara ochiru
Week 8: Neko wa Kabaru
Week 9: He wo hitte, shiri tsubome
Week 10: Gou ni itte wa, gou ni shitagae
Week 13: Choja-ni nidai nashi
Week 14: Minu ga hana
Week 15: Mikka bōzu
Week 16: Ichi nichi isshou
Week 17: Yoi otoshi o omukae kudasai
Week 18: Nokorimono ni wa fuku ga aru
Week 19: Deru kugi wa utareru
Week 21: Tonari no shibafu wa aoi
Week 22: Monowa tameshi
Week 24: I no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu
Samurai of the week
Week 1: Honda Tadakatsu
Week 2: Takeda Shingen
Week 3: Oda Nobunaga
Week 4: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Week 5: Tokugawa Ieyasu
Week 6: Date Masamune
Week 7: Gozen Tomoe
Week 8: Katô Kiyomasa
Week 9: Maeda Toshiie
Week 10: The 47 Ronin
Week 13: Sakakibara Yasumasa
Week 14: Okita Souji
Week 15: Môri Motonari
Week 16: Maeda Keiji (and Matsukaze)
Week 17: Kimura Shigenari
Week 18: Uesugi Kenshin
Week 19: Sanada Yukimura
Week 21: Hôjô Ujiyasu
Week 22: Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen
Bento of the week
Week 1: Wall-E
Week 2: Watermelons
Week 3: Karate girl
Week 4: Ghibli
Week 5: Chibi faces
Week 6: Date Masamune
Week 7: Windows computer
Week 8: Pokemon
Week 9: Lost
Week 10: Hello Kitty
Week 13: Panda
Week 14: Creepy cat
Week 15: The Legend of Zelda
Week 16: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Week 17: Angry Birds
Week 18: Bioshock
Week 19: Frogs
Week 21: Dragon
Week 22: Nyanko burger
Week 24: Fighting fish
Series of the week
Week 1: Mermaid Forest
Week 2: Kyle Hyde
Week 3: Berserk
Week 4: Eden of the East
Week 5: Black Blood Brothers
Week 6: Sengoku Basara
Week 7: Afterschool Charisma
Week 8: Cat Soup
Week 9: Occult Academy
Week 10: Mononoke
Week 13: Tiger and Bunny
Week 14: Hakuoki
Week 15: Psychic Detective Yakumo
Week 16: Excel Saga
Week 17: The World Only God Knows
Week 18: Ayakashi, Samurai Horror Tales
Week 19: UN-GO
Week 21: Oban Star Racers
Week 22: Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
Week 24: Trigun
Weird thing of the week
Week 1: Anime Masks
Week 2: Dating Sims
Week 3: Cat Cafes
Week 4: Engrish
Week 5: Cosplay
Week 6: Talking Alarm Clocks
Week 7: Fertility Festivals
Week 8: Vending Machines
Week 9: Host Clubs
Week 10: Dekotora
Week 13: Hair-washing machine
Week 14: Dakimakura
Week 15: Purikura
Week 16: The Takarazuka Revue
Week 17: Omamori
Week 18: Sokushinbutsu
Week 19: Maru and Shiro : Japanese feline Youtube celebrities
Week 21: Yankii
Week 22: Valentine’s Day in Japan
Week 24: Konbini
Recipe of the week
Week 4: Gyudon
Week 5: Kara-age chicken
Week 6: Kare Udon
Week 7: Zundamochi
Week 8: Onsen Tamago Tofu
Week 9: Shrimp Tempura
Week 10: Chicken Yakitori
Week 13: Hosomaki
Week 14: Sukiyaki
Week 15: Kyuuri salad
Week 16: Japanese Christmas cake
Week 17: Donburi
Week 18: Green tea pudding
Week 19: Pork tonkatsu with watermelon-tomato salad
Week 21: Dashimaki Tamago
Week 22: Sweet berry sushi
Week 24: Chicken teriyaki
