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' weekly magazine ') generally refers to weekly magazines published in Japan, including politically provocative weekly tabloid newspapers. As noted by Watanabe and Gamble in the Japan Media Review and in their book A Public Betrayed , the genre is "often described as bizarre blends of various types of U.S. magazines, such as Newsweek , The New ...
In September 2003, journalist Leo Lewis noted that Japan's weekly news magazines (including Shukan Jitsuwa) were "the last bastion of serious investigative journalism in Japan" and further states that the lurid covers with semi-naked girls may entice "but the real action between the covers is very often deadly serious journalism.".
Shūkan Shinchō (週刊新潮) is a Japanese conservative [1] [2] weekly news magazine based in Tokyo, Japan. It is considered one of the most influential weekly magazines in the country [2] and is the first Japanese weekly magazine founded by a publishing company which does not own a major newspaper. [3] [4]
The magazine featured articles on lifestyle, fashion, sports, political issues, and sex, [1] rivaling with Weekly Playboy, launched two years later. Heibon Punch was influential in promoting American fashion trends, such as the Ivy look , to Japanese male youth in post- World War II Japan.
A selection of magazines for sale at a 7-Eleven in Sumida, Tokyo.. The first Japanese magazine was published in Japan in October 1867. [1] The magazine named Seiyo-Zasshi (meaning Western Magazine in English) was established and published until September 1869 by Shunzo Yanagawa, a Japanese scholar. [1]
Weekly Young Magazine (Japanese: 週刊ヤングマガジン, Hepburn: Shūkan Yangu Magajin) is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male ( seinen ) demographic. [ 3 ]
Aera, formerly known as Asahi Journal, is a Japanese weekly magazine printed in gravure, published by Asahi Shimbun. The magazine combines photographs and news stories. In May 1988, Aera replaced Asahi Journal with more weekly substance. The cover story is called Person in Focus.
Asahigraph (アサヒグラフ, Asahigurafu), also known as the Asahi Picture News, was a Japanese weekly pictorial magazine that ran from 1923 until 2000. Asahigraph started on 25 January 1923 [ 1 ] as a daily feature from Asahi Shinbunsha (publisher of Asahi Shimbun and soon also of Asahi Camera ); this ran until 1 September 1923 when it was ...