List of magazines in 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] 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 These may or may not be published in Japanese.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E–G
• H–I
• J
• K
• L–O
• P
• R–S
• T–V
• W
• Y
• See also

A

• Aera (1988–)
• Akai tori (1918–1936)
• An an (1970–)
• AneCan (2007–2016)
• Animage (1978–)
• Animedia (magazine) ^[5]

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)
• Shin-Bijutsukai (1901–1906)
• 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

• You
• Young Animal Arashi
• Young Magazine Uppers
• Young You
• Yūben (1910–1941)
• Yuraku
• Yuri Shimai

See also

• List of Japanese manga magazines by circulation
• List of manga magazines § Published in Japan
• List of magazines by circulation § Japan

References

1. "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzaki. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
2. S. Takahashi (1946). "The Magazines of Japan" (PDF). The XXth Century. 13: 52–56. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. "2010 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
6. Andrew Pollack (31 January 1995). "Tokyo Magazine to Close After Article Denying Holocaust". New York Times. Tokyo. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
7. 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.
8. "I Kid You Not….. Some of the Best Men's Magazines in Japan". The Sartorialist. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
9. The Far East and Australasia 2003. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2002. p. 626. ISBN   978-1-85743-133-9.
10. "Sweet Magazine The best selling women's magazine in Japan". Universal Doll. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.