OK, so the plan is to go through the current list on the right, and see what is left deleting the deadlinks as I go. Top of the list on the right is : A Modern Girl Last updated in 2015. Next up A Woman's Nails only posted in 2010.
ABREWCADABREW now redirects to InCider Japan which is a cider-focused promotion and marketing consulting company.
Alice Gordenker was still posting up until 2023, but seems to have stopped suddenly. Alishan on the Move is still going strong! self describes as Adventures and daily life of the crew of sailing yacht Alishan (Taswell 43). At present based in Fukuoka, Japan. Our boating story started in Holland, 1984. Their latest post is from Jan 2026. Congratulations on keeping the blog going so far.
Angry Gaijin The home page of Cameron Ohara: 3D Animation, Digital Art and More... is still being kept upto date.
Appetite For Japan They seem to have lost their appetite back in 2019 and stop updating.
Asia is for lover continued posting until 2018 , before falling out love with blogged and stop posting.
Benoa in Japan, and Busan Kevin both no longer connect to anything, and BudgetTrouble dot com is now available for sale.
Big Sushi Little Fishes was posting quite regularly up until 2020, but then just stopped posting.
Celia in Tokyo was producing a very presentable looking blog starting in 2013, but stopped in 2018 with a review of her year. I wonder where she is now.
CheapOJapan and CityKidsEnglish are longer reachable.
Cold Noodles and Hot Sake stopped posting in 2018 and likewise Conquering Chicago and Beyond also stopped in 2016 and Cooking in Japan stopped in 2014.
The Crazy Gaijin still has a website, but the last update was from 2012.
That's the list from A to C. I will take a break and continue with the rest of the list later.

Oh dear. Last update 9 years ago! Oh well . I might start updating it agin this year. At least you can get it now! The dot com domain lapsed. I better check through the existing list and see how many of the links still work. What is your guess as to how many links still work ?

As you might be able to tell I have let the maintenance of this site slide this year.  So much for my new year's resolution in January. Anyway.. the site is not completely dead. I have been through and deleted all the dead links and removed any blogs or sites not updated within the last year.

I have had very few requests from bloggers to be added to the site this year. Here are the ones that have been just added :

Family Time in Japan from Japanese full-time housewife, living with a husband and two sons in Tokyo. Bringing you items on news ,food, music, travel and lifestyle.

Kansai Odyssey from Lina and Shigeharu. Lina's hope is that "this blog can provide everyone with information that I certainly did not have my first time coming to Japan. I have always been passionate about Japanese culture and history and am excited to be able to share it. My husband and I take great care to make sure we give accurate and well researched information about all the great things you can find in Osaka and the Kansai region. I also hope that our articles will help you be able to write your own odyssey in Japan and invigorate you to explore this special country."

Japan Objects is an online magazine for culture lovers, presenting the most inspiring Japanese art & design and tailor-made travel guides, from two avid Japanophiles, living in Tokyo, who are enamored with the wealth of distinctive arts in this beautiful country.

Inside Sport Japan Bringing you the best of Japanese sport daily. Covering X-League, Sunwolves, BraveBlossoms, Soccer, Sumo and Basketball.

Take Me to Japan
Not really a blog: they "help introduce Japanese language courses in Japan, so people can find the right one that suits them" But there will be some tips on living in Japan coming up soon. There were a couple of other new blogs started but both seem to have already stopped posting after a few months. Should you wish to encourage these new bloggers head over to :Nihon Scope  and Watashiin Japan and give them some love.

I rely on people to submit entries for the list. so if you have a Japan related blog or site you wish to be included, please contact me.

Happy Holiday to everyone and all the best for 2018.
Jon

Heather writes the blog Appetite For Japan.
She says: "My blog, Appetite for Japan, has been running for about 1.5 years thus far (since November 2014). I update it approximately once a week.
Appetite for Japan has a focus on fun, modern places to see, things to do and food to eat in Japan. I travel to Japan regularly, visiting theme restaurants theme hotels, and events such as Halloween. I only write about places that I have personally visited and aim to provide readers with useful information to help them plan their own Japan trips."

Some new blogs for this week. So far we have :
NipponInsider from Daniela, which has been added to the list of Non English Language blogs on Japan list, as she started her blog written in German at the end of last year.
Japan Australia from John Asano, who has been blogging steadily for several years.
Yabatori from 'Chikenboy' which he describes thus : "the blog is a collection of humorous personal narratives divided into three categories: Late Night Tales, Living in Japan, and Eat Drink Play. It's meant to entertain as well as give some advice and insight for those who plan to come to Japan as well as those who are already here. At present I only have six posts but will continue to add content once or twice per week. "
Japanese Journey Johannes is learning Japanese in Germany, follow his journey on the way to fluency.

The Japan Blog List is not dead, it's merely resting.
Oh dear, it's been more than a few years since I last updated!
OK change of plan, rather than batch them up, I will just post one, or two at a time. I have rather a backlog so anyone still blogging about Japan please send me a new email.

The reason for the new start is that I promised DJ Fox that I would put a link to a new site Standup Tokyo on the blog list. So while it's not exactly a blog, I do enjoy standup comedy, and they guys will be putting on shows at the pub down the road.