List of magazines in Japan explained

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 These may or may not be published in Japanese.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

• 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)
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988. Kanzaki. 7 August 2015.
2. S. Takahashi. The Magazines of Japan. The XXth Century. 1946. 13. 52–56. 16 September 2016.
3. Andrea Germer. Visual Propaganda in Wartime East Asia – The Case of Natori Yōnosuke. The Asia-Pacific Journal. 9 May 2011. 9. 20. 26 September 2016.
4. Web site: An overview of Japan's publishing & advertising market / Where Nikkei BP stands. Nikkei Business Publications. 30 October 2016. 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122193208/http://www.nikkeibp.com/adinfo/amj/pdf/JapansPublishingAdvertising.pdf. 22 January 2017. dmy-all.
5. Web site: 2010 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers. 20 January 2011. 11 April 2015. Anime News Network.
6. News: Andrew Pollack. Tokyo Magazine to Close After Article Denying Holocaust. 15 September 2016. New York Times. 31 January 1995. Tokyo.
7. News: Martin . Alex K. T. . Unsolved mysteries: Japanese fans of the occult are engaged in a never-ending search for the truth . 15 February 2022 . The Japan Times . 11 August 2018.
8. News: I Kid You Not….. Some of the Best Men's Magazines in Japan. 30 April 2016. The Sartorialist. 11 December 2008.
9. Book: The Far East and Australasia 2003. 2002. Europa Publications. 978-1-85743-133-9. 626. London; New York.
10. News: Sweet Magazine The best selling women's magazine in Japan. 4 August 2015. Universal Doll. 26 August 2014.