Weekly magazines in Japan

The term shūkanshi (Japanese: 週刊誌, lit. 'weekly magazine') generally refers to weekly magazines published in Japan, including politically provocative weekly tabloid newspapers.

As noted by Watanabe and Gamble in the Japan Media Review and in their book A Public Betrayed, the genre is "often described as bizarre blends of various types of U.S. magazines, such as Newsweek, The New Yorker, People, Penthouse, and The National Enquirer".[1]: 71 

In Japan, weekly magazines have been a source of anti-semitic articles, including Shukan Bunshun, Marco Polo, and Shukan Shincho, which have repeatedly published articles denying the Holocaust.[1]: 170  Shukan Shincho was ordered by the Supreme Court of Japan to pay damages to a Soka Gakkai member for publishing an unsubstantiated allegation of murder,[2] and has been criticized for sensationalistic stories regarding a disputed Paleolithic settlement site in Japan.[3] The magazine has also been rebuked for publishing the names and photographs of minors who have been accused of criminal acts, even before their trials began.[4]

See also

References
  1. Adam Gamble and Takesato Watanabe (2004). A Public Betrayed: The Power of Japan's Scandal-Breaking Weeklies. Regnery Publishing.
  2. "Overview of Case". www.3justice.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-05.
  3. "Comments on: Shukan Shincho, March 9, 2000: Can the '500,000-Year-Old Site' Really Be Believed?"
  4. "Magazine publishes name, photo of Kawasaki murder suspect".
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