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{{Short description|Japanese weekly news magazine}}
Weekly Gendai (週刊現代) is a general-interest weekly magazine published by Kodansha, by far the largest publishing house in Japan, which covers entertainment news as well as hard news such as interviews with the Japanese Prime Minister and other VIPs in the political and financial world all over the world. It also contains essays and opinions by well-known authors in serial form. As for the photo section, it runs news photos in black & white and in color as well.
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The circulation is about 500,000, which competes with three other weekly magazines, Weekly Bunshun, Weekly Shincho and Weekly Post.
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Although this magazine is geared for businessmen in their 40s ~ 60s, but the resent trend is that the magazine enjoys more female readership, showing that 30% of the readership is now female as opposed to 10% in the past. You often see businessmen on the road reading this magazine on a bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka.
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Until the huge earthquakes that occurred on March 11th, 2011, the magazine used a female personality for the cover, but since then, it has only used a cover with photos and letters.
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As far as the editorial stance is concerned about the nuclear power stations, this magazine is well known for its anti-nuclear power stance including restarting nuclear power stations.
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{{nihongo|'''''Shūkan Gendai'''''|週刊現代|Modern Weekly}} is a general-interest weekly magazine published by [[Kodansha]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan.

==History and profile==
''Shūkan Gendai'' was started in 1959.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian Moeran|title=A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Za7dAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA302|accessdate=26 April 2015|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-79533-6|page=302}}</ref><ref name="fare">{{cite book|title=The Far East and Australasia 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LclscNCTz9oC&pg=PA625|accessdate=7 August 2015|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-133-9|page=624}}</ref> The magazine has its headquarters in [[Tokyo]].<ref name=fare/> It is published by [[Kodansha]],<ref name=mag/> the largest publishing house in Japan, which covers entertainment news, as well as hard news such as interviews with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]] and other VIPs in the political and financial world. It also contains essays and opinions by well-known authors in serial form. In its photo section, it runs news photos in both black and white and in color.

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The magazine competes primarily with three other weekly magazines: ''[[Shūkan Bunshun]]'', ''[[Shūkan Shincho]]'' and ''[[Shūkan Post]]''.

Although the magazine is aimed primarily at businessmen in their 40s to 60s, recently the female readership has been increasing, with 30% of the readership now female as against 10% in the past{{When|date=January 2021}}.

''Shūkan Gendai'' is well known for its anti-nuclear power stance including opposing the restarting nuclear power stations. In November 2012 the magazine was verbally warned by the Japanese authorities due to the obscene photos of [[female genitalia]] published.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tokyo police reprimand tabloids for carrying obscene photos of female genitalia|url=http://japandailypress.com/tokyo-police-reprimand-tabloids-for-carrying-obscene-photos-of-female-genitalia-2218804/|accessdate=26 April 2015|work=Japan Daily Press|date=22 November 2012}}</ref>

In 2001 ''Shūkan Gendai'' had a circulation of 720,000 copies.<ref name=mag>{{cite web|title=Top 50 General Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation)|url=http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/top50general.pdf|work=Magazine.com|accessdate=17 January 2015}}</ref> It was 383,860 copies in 2010 and 407,949 copies in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=An overview of Japan's publishing & advertising market / Where Nikkei BP stands|url=http://www.nikkeibp.com/adinfo/amj/pdf/JapansPublishingAdvertising.pdf|work=Nikkei Business Publications|accessdate=30 October 2016|date=2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122193208/http://www.nikkeibp.com/adinfo/amj/pdf/JapansPublishingAdvertising.pdf|archivedate=22 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==List of manga==
==List of manga==
*''[[Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths]]'', by [[Shigeru Mizuki]]
*''[[Path of the Assassin]]'', by [[Kazuo Koike]] and [[Goseki Kojima]]
*''[[Samurai Executioner]]'', by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
*''[[Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi]]'', by [[Kimio Yanagisawa]]
*''[[Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi]]'', by [[Kimio Yanagisawa]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.bitway.ne.jp/kodansha/wgendai/scoopengine/ Shukan Gendai Online]
*{{in lang|ja}} [http://wgen.kodansha.ne.jp/ Shukan Gendai Online]
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2002/12/17/gymastics_romania_ap/ Sports Illustrated article about the Romanian gymnast controversy]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20021229012622/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2002/12/17/gymastics_romania_ap/ ''Sports Illustrated'' article about the Romanian gymnast controversy]


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Latest revision as of 01:11, 8 September 2024

Shūkan Gendai
CategoriesGeneral interest magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Founded1959
CompanyKodansha
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Shūkan Gendai (週刊現代, Modern Weekly) is a general-interest weekly magazine published by Kodansha in Tokyo, Japan.

History and profile

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Shūkan Gendai was started in 1959.[1][2] The magazine has its headquarters in Tokyo.[2] It is published by Kodansha,[3] the largest publishing house in Japan, which covers entertainment news, as well as hard news such as interviews with the Prime Minister of Japan and other VIPs in the political and financial world. It also contains essays and opinions by well-known authors in serial form. In its photo section, it runs news photos in both black and white and in color.

The magazine competes primarily with three other weekly magazines: Shūkan Bunshun, Shūkan Shincho and Shūkan Post.

Although the magazine is aimed primarily at businessmen in their 40s to 60s, recently the female readership has been increasing, with 30% of the readership now female as against 10% in the past[when?].

Shūkan Gendai is well known for its anti-nuclear power stance including opposing the restarting nuclear power stations. In November 2012 the magazine was verbally warned by the Japanese authorities due to the obscene photos of female genitalia published.[4]

In 2001 Shūkan Gendai had a circulation of 720,000 copies.[3] It was 383,860 copies in 2010 and 407,949 copies in 2011.[5]

List of manga

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References

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  1. ^ Brian Moeran (13 September 2013). A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets. Routledge. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-136-79533-6. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. 2002. p. 624. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Top 50 General Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Tokyo police reprimand tabloids for carrying obscene photos of female genitalia". Japan Daily Press. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "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.
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