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End of a manga era as Weekly Shonen Jump’s circulation drops under one million

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2026
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Weekly Shonen Jump is still the biggest magazine in Japan, but its print circulation is getting smaller and smaller.

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• (anime • COK • magazines • manga • physical media • print media • Shonen Jump • Shueisha • society • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Suntanned Hello Kitty steals the show in Japanese magazine’s Sanrio freebies

• Oona McGee
  Jul 12, 2026

Proof that magazines in Japan are unlike anywhere else in the world.

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• Japan
• (character goods • Cinnamoroll • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Japanese magazines • Kuromi • magazine freebies • magazines • merchandise • My Melody • Pochacco • Sanrio • SNJO • stickers • tote bag • tote bags)

Hello Kitty becomes a suntanned beach babe for new magazine freebies in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 16, 2025

Kitty chan enjoys a hot girl summer for a limited time. 

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• (cute • fashion • Gyaru • Hello Kitty • magazines • Sanrio • SNJO • summer • summer vibes • Suntanned Hello Kitty)

Thousands of convenience stores in Japan to end sale of print magazines this spring

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2025

Move comes as one in four municipalities in Japan has no bookstore.

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• (COK • convenience stores • Family mart • Lawson • magazines • physical media • society)

Japanese street fashion magazine Men’s Knuckle throws last punch, ends crazy photo caption legacy

• Dale Roll
  Aug 12, 2022

So long, Men’s Knuckle!

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• (COK • crazy • fashion • funny • magazine • magazines • Men's Knuckle • society • weird)

Cosplay costume room tour by Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako is an eye-opener【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2022

A look at the anime and manga character costumes that earn Enako millions of yen.

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• (anime • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Enako • gravure • gravure idol • magazines • modelling • models • photos • videos • YouTube)

Japanese toilet piggy bank proves Japan has the best toys

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2022

Flushing money down the toilet has never been more entertaining!

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• (children • cool • fun • Japanese magazines • Japanese toilets • learning • magazines • poop • reading • SNJO • toilet humor • Toilets • toys • weird)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako shows us her cosplay costume room【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 12, 2022

A room so huge it’s more like a warehouse.

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• (anime • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Enako • gravure • gravure idol • magazines • modelling • models • photos • videos)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako makes jaws drop with ‘nude’ bath photo

• SoraNews24
  Dec 24, 2021

Is it still cosplay if you can’t even see the costume anymore?

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• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • gravure • gravure idol • magazines • modelling • models • photos • twitter)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako strips away the cosplay for new photo book

• SoraNews24
  Sep 14, 2021

Enako’s first “no-cosplay” photo book promises to be her “biggest exposure in history”.

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• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • gravure • gravure idol • magazines • modelling • models • photo books)

Seiji and the spirit of Yngwie Malmsteen barge into Young Guitar magazine

• Master Blaster
  Jul 12, 2021

When you’re Yngwie Malmsteen, you don’t need an invitation… even if you aren’t him.

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• (guitar • Kelly Simmonz • magazines • music • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Yngwie Malmsteen • Young Guitar)

Sega creates mini UFO catcher crane game with electric arm for Japanese magazine

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2021

Bring the joy of a Japanese arcade game into your home and win ALL the prizes! 

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• (cardboard • claw game • clever • COK • cool • crafts • crane game • crazy • magazines • Sega • SNJO • UFO catcher • video games • Yochien)

“Beauty dictionary” for Japanese elementary girls advises braindead phrases for boys to like them

• Scott Wilson
  May 10, 2020

Because the key to being liked is scrubbing away your personality.

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• (beauty • controversial • elementary school • magazines)

End of the line for Japan’s top adult video magazine as final issue ships to convenience stores

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2019

Parting is sweet, sticky sorrow for loyal fans of Soft On Demand as commemorative edition marks the end of an era.

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• (beautiful women • convenience stores • magazines • society • Soft on Demand)

7-Eleven Japan wants to stop selling adult magazines, cites concern for foreigners, female customers

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2019

Company cites desire to avoid giving Japan a bad reputation as visitors from overseas come for the Tokyo Olympics.

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• (7-Eleven • COK • conveneince stores • Family mart • foreigners in Japan • Lawson • magazines • society)

Police on the lookout for Arashi “fan” who stole articles about the group from public library

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2018

One fan of the boy band is taking their idol worship too far.

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• (Aichi • Anjo • arashi • crime • library • magazines • music)

No more porn–Japanese convenience store chain to phase out adult magazine sales by end of year

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2017

New policy follows increased complaints from female shoppers.

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• (Chiba • controversy • convenience stores • magazines • Mini Stop • society)

7-Eleven refuses to cooperate with municipal request to cover up its porno magazines in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2017

Chain asserts its right to exhibit magazines filled with models who don’t cover up either.

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• (7-Eleven • Chiba • convenience stores • Family mart • magazines • society)

Kanagawa man’s body found one month after death in a six-ton pile of erotic magazines

• Master Blaster
  Mar 3, 2017

Body discovered several days after man passed away.

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• (crazy • death • hikkikomori • hoarding • Kanagawa • lonely death • magazines)

Japanese female pro wrestler uses “deadly weapon” to subdue opponent: a thick marriage magazine

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 14, 2016

Forget chairs or ladders, hit them with what really hurts!

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• (funny • magazines • marriage • pro wrestling • Zexy)

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