Junon (magazine)

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Junon
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Categories Fashion
FrequencyMonthly
First issueJune 1973
Company Shufu to Sekaitsusha
Country Japan
Based inTokyo
Language Japanese
Website http://www.shufu.co.jp/magazine/junon/index.html

Junon is a monthly Japanese fashion magazine primarily directed towards teenage girls and women. [1] The magazine began circulation in June 1973. [2] In 1999 the circulation of the magazine was 380,000 copies. [2] It is part of Shufu to Sekaitsusha company. [1] The headquarters is in Tokyo. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Junon". Japanese Streets. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Shigeko Okamoto; Janet Davis (1 October 2004). Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology: Cultural Models and Real People. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 131. ISBN   978-0-19-534729-6.
  3. Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2357. ISBN   978-1-85743-254-1.