the-magicbox.com for import and Japanese news (started in the late 90s as a geocities site and it finally died in the early 20s)

thegia.com for its japanese gaming bias (started in the late 90s and it died 2002)

gaming-age and its forum for general news (started late 90s and both are still around, but i use them less often now, because 4chan gets news faster) + discussion.