
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] 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 These may or may not be published in Japanese.
A
B
- 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–)
 
C
- 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–)
 
D
- Daruma Magazine (1994–2011)
 - Dengeki Hobby Magazine (1998–2015)
 - Dengeki Maoh (2005–)
 - Dengeki PlayStation (1994–2020)
 - Drift Tengoku (1996–)
 
E–G
- 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–)
 
H–I
- Hanako (1988–)
 - Happie Nuts (2004–2016)
 - Hiragana Times
 - Hobby of Model Railroading (1947–)
 - Huge
 - I Love Mama (2008–)
 - Ie no Hikari (1925–)
 
J
- 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–)
 
K
- 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)
 
L–O
- 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–)
 
P
- Pichi Lemon (1986–)
 - Pinky (2004–2010)
 - Popeye (1976–)
 - PopSister (2010–2011)
 - Popteen (1980–)
 
R–S
- 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]
 
T–V
- 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–)
 
W
- 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–)
 
Y
See also
References
- 1 2 "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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