A Brief History of Japan’s Weekly Magazine Scene

Photographic weeklies enjoyed a boom in the 1980s, as seen at the Maruzen bookstore in Chiyoda, Tokyo, in November 1987. (© Jiji)

Officials from Asahi Shimbun Publications apologize to Osaka Mayor Hashimoto Tōru (left) on November 12, 2012, and present a report on the investigation into the article concerning him. (© Jiji)