Things like major stories in the news, fashion trends, music charts, box office charts, sporting events, hit TV shows, new gadgets, even celebrity stuff (who're the big names in Japan?); the kinds of things we hear about every day on the news, online, in magazines, from friends, and so on.
I think it'd offer an interesting insight into the culture, give you some ice-breakers and fillers when meeting Japanese people, and generally be an interesting read. I don't know if such an English-based site exists, but I like the way JPod does things, and if it were possible to feature some sort of weekly/bi-weekly e-zine of this nature I reckon it'd be great, and add a whole new depth to this site (which is so feature-rich already). It could even have an accompanying lesson to take your conversational skills to the contemporary next level
Anyway, I'm just throwing this out there - this sort of thing could be very time consuming, and I might be the only one to find it interesting, but y'know
