Shukan Shincho (magazine)

Shukan Shincho
Categories News magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 537,596 (Oct. 2014 - Sept. 2015)
Year founded 1956
First issue 19 February 1956
Company Shincho-sha
Country Japan
Based in Tokyo
Language Japanese
Website Shukan Shincho

Shukan Shincho (週刊新潮 Shūkan Shinchō) is a Japanese weekly news magazine based in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the major and respected news magazines in the country.[1] It was the first Japanese weekly magazine founded by a publishing company, which does not own a major newspaper.[2][3]

History and profile

Shukan Shincho was first published on 19 February 1956.[4] The cover of the first issue featured an illustration by the Japanese artist Rokuro Taniuchi.[4][5] The magazine is part of Shincho-sha, which also founded it.[4] It is published on a weekly basis.[4] The headquarters is in Tokyo.[6]

Shukan Shincho is a general news magazine, but it targets men.[1] It has a nationalistic and conservative political stance.[1] The magazine never contains pornographic news and has a dignified layout, increasing its prestigious status in the Japanese society.[1] However, Shukan Shincho was found guilty of libel in a Tokyo court for publishing an unsubstantiated allegation of murder by a Soka Gakkai member.[7] The magazine was criticized in 2001 for sensationalistic stories regarding a disputed Paleolithic settlement site in Japan.[8] It has also been rebuked for publishing the names and photographs of minors who have been accused of criminal acts, even before their trials began.[6]

From October 2014 to September 2015 Shukan Shincho was the ninth best-selling magazine in Japan with a circulation of 537,596 copies.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Adam Gamble; Takesato Watanabe (1 July 2004). A Public Betrayed: An Inside Look at Japanese Media Atrocities and Their Warnings to the West. Regnery Pub. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-89526-046-8. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Sean Mooney (2000). 5,110 Days in Tokyo and Everything's Hunky-dory: The Marketer's Guide to Advertising in Japan. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-56720-361-5. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzaki. 7 July 1996. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Mark Schreiber (20 February 2016). "Deja vu as Shukan Shincho turns back the clock". The Japan Times. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Vintage Cover Illustrations of Shukan Shincho by Rokuro Taniuchi". Spoon and Tamago. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Magazine IDs student suspect in Nagoya slaying, breaking legal taboo". The Japan Times. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Overview of Case". www.3justice.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Charles T. Keally (12 November 2001). "Can the "500,000-Year-Old Site" Really be Believed?". Japanese Archaeology. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "10 Most Printed Magazines in Japan, 2015". Hatena Blog. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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