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List of magazines in Japan

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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 These may or may not be published in Japanese.

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P

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  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 Kinoshita, Toru, ed. (21 April 2016). Perfect Guide of Nostalgic Family Computer. Japan: Magazine Box. p. 107. ISBN 9784906735891. OCLC 961800615.
  7. 1 2 3 Gifford, Kevin (18 February 2007). "Column: 'Game Mag Weaseling': The Bluffer's Guide to Famitsu's Competition". GameSetWatch. UBM plc. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Kobe Mise (23 February 2019). "多数の有名ライターを育てたゲームマスコミ界の重鎮！平林久和氏インタビュー　前編". Institute of Game Culture Conservation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  9. ↑ Koyama, Yuhsuke (2023). History of the Japanese Video Game Industry. Springer Nature. p. 89. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-1342-8. ISBN 978-981-99-1341-1.
  10. ↑ Kinoshita, Toru, ed. (21 April 2016). Perfect Guide of Nostalgic Family Computer. Japan: Magazine Box. p. 106. ISBN 9784906735891. OCLC 961800615.
  11. ↑ Sasaki, Jun (1 September 2026). "アスキー『ログイン(LOGiN)』～想い出の"20世紀パソコン雑誌"たち～". Impress.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2 September 2026. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  12. ↑ Gifford, Kevin (16 November 2008). "Column: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Whoops, I Was Logged Out". GameSetWatch. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  13. ↑ Andrew Pollack (31 January 1995). "Tokyo Magazine to Close After Article Denying Holocaust". New York Times. Tokyo. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Nakamura, Akinori (2026). "Media Mix and Digital Games". In Ikuine, Fumihiko; Inoue, Akito; Fukuda, Kazufumi; Kobayashi, Nobushige (eds.). Japanese Game Studies: A Guide to Studying Japanese Games. Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-981-95-9857-1. ISBN 978-981-95-9856-4.
  15. 1 2 Sato, Tatsuo (12 November 2024). "群雄割拠のファミコン誌たちのこと＆ハドソンについての思い出を振り返る【連載コラム：おもちゃとゲームの100年史】". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
  16. 1 2 Sato, Tatsuo (21 October 2024). "メディアワークス誕生の経緯を振り返る【佐藤辰男の連載コラム：おもちゃとゲームの100年史】". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2 November 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "I Kid You Not….. Some of the Best Men's Magazines in Japan". The Sartorialist. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  19. ↑ The Far East and Australasia 2003. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2002. p. 626. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9.
  20. ↑ "Sweet Magazine The best selling women's magazine in Japan". Universal Doll. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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