Japanese_magazines
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] In 1940 there were nearly 3,000 magazines in the country.[2] Following World War II the number of magazines significantly increased.[3] At the end of 2011 there were 3,376 magazines in the country.[4]
The following is a list of magazines published in Japan. These may or may not be published in Japanese.
- Bead Friend (2003–)
- Beautiful Lady & Television (1997–)
- Best Motoring (1987–2011)
- Big Comic (1968–)
- Big Comic Original (1972–)
- Bis (2001–)
- Bluestocking (1911–1916)
- Bōken sekai (1908–1920)
- Brutus (1980–)
- Bungeishunjū (1923–)
- Burrn! (1984–)
- CanCam (1981–)
- CARTOP
- Cawaii! (1996–2009)
- Chagurin
- ChokiChoki
- Chūōkōron (1887–)
- Ciao (1977–)
- Classy (1984–)
- Comic Kairakuten
- Comptiq (1983–)
- CoroCoro Comic (1977–)
- Cosmode (2002–)
- Croissant
- CQ ham radio (1946–)
- Cure (2003–)
- Daruma Magazine (1994–2011)
- Dengeki Hobby Magazine (1998–2015)
- Dengeki Maoh (2005–)
- Dengeki PlayStation (1994–2020)
- Drift Tengoku (1996–)
- Egg (1995–2014)
- Facta (2005–)
- Faust (2003–2011)
- Five Nine
- Front (1942–1945)
- Fruits (1997–2017)
- Fujin Gahō (1905–)
- Fujin no Tomo (1908–)
- Fujin Sekai (1906–1933)
- Fujin shinpo
- Fujin Seikatsu
- Gekkan bunkazai (1963–)
- Gothic & Lolita Bible (2001–)
- Hanako (1988–)
- Happie Nuts (2004–2016)
- Hiragana Times
- Hobby of Model Railroading (1947–)
- Huge
- I Love Mama (2008–)
- Ie no Hikari (1925–)
- Japan Railfan Magazine (1961–)
- Japan Spotlight (1982–)
- Japanzine (1990–)
- Jiji shinpō
- JJ (1975–)
- Jogaku Sekai (1901–1925)
- Jogaku zasshi
- Josei (1922–1928)
- Josei Jishin (1958–)
- The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society (1950–)
- Jump Square (2007–)
- Junon (1973–)
- Kansai Time Out (1977–2009)
- Kabuki shinpō (1879–1897)
- Kingu (1924–1957)
- Koakuma Ageha (2005–)
- Kodomo no kuni (children's magazine) (1922–1944)
- Kokoku Hihyo (1979–2009)
- Kokumin no Tomo (1887–1897)
- Love Berry (2001–2012)
- Marco Polo (1992–1995)[6]
- Meiroku zasshi (1884–1885)
- MensEGG (1999–2013)
- Men's Non-no
- Monthly Shōnen Magazine (1964–)
- Mu (1979–)[7]
- Newtype (1985–)
- Nicola (1997–)
- Nippon Fujin (1942–1945)
- Non-no (1971–)
- Oily Boy[8]
- Option (1981–)
- Pichi Lemon (1986–)
- Pinky (2004–2010)
- Popeye (1976–)
- PopSister (2010–2011)
- Popteen (1980–)
- Ranzuki (2000–)
- Seventeen (1967–)
- Shashin Shūhō (1938–1945)
- Shirakaba (1910–1923)
- Shiso (1921–)[9]
- Shojo no Tomo (1908–1955)
- Shufu no Tomo (1917–2008)
- Shūkan Bunshun
- Shūkan Famitsū (1985–)
- Shukan Shincho (1956–)
- Soen (1936–)
- Sweet (1999–)[10]
- Taiyō (1895–1928)
- Tianyi bao (1907–1908)
- Tōbaé (1887–1889)
- Tsubomi (2009–2012)
- Uchusen (1980–2005, 2008–)
- UniJapan Film Quarterly (1958–1979)
- V Jump (1993–)
- Vivi (1983–)
- Weekly Manga Goraku (1968–)
- Weekly Manga Sunday (1959–2013)
- Weekly Morning (1982–)
- Weekly Shōnen Champion (1969–)
- Weekly Shōnen Jump (1968–)
- Weekly Shōnen Magazine (1959–)
- Weekly Shōnen Sunday (1959–)
- Weekly Toyo Keizai (1895–)
- Weekly Young Jump (1979–)
- Weekly Young Magazine (1980–)
- "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzaki. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- S. Takahashi (1946). "The Magazines of Japan" (PDF). The XXth Century. 13: 52–56. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- Andrea Germer (9 May 2011). "Visual Propaganda in Wartime East Asia – The Case of Natori Yōnosuke". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 9 (20). Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- "An overview of Japan's publishing & advertising market / Where Nikkei BP stands" (PDF). Nikkei Business Publications. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "2010 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- Andrew Pollack (31 January 1995). "Tokyo Magazine to Close After Article Denying Holocaust". New York Times. Tokyo. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- Martin, Alex K. T. (11 August 2018). "Unsolved mysteries: Japanese fans of the occult are engaged in a never-ending search for the truth". The Japan Times. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- "I Kid You Not….. Some of the Best Men's Magazines in Japan". The Sartorialist. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- The Far East and Australasia 2003. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2002. p. 626. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9.
- "Sweet Magazine The best selling women's magazine in Japan". Universal Doll. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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