Categories News magazine Year founded 1956 Company Shincho-sha | Frequency Weekly First issue 19 February 1956 | |
Circulation 537,596 (Oct. 2014 - Sept. 2015) | ||
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. It was the first Japanese weekly magazine founded by a publishing company, which does not own a major newspaper.
History and profile
Shukan Shincho was first published on 19 February 1956. The cover of the first issue featured an illustration by the Japanese artist Rokuro Taniuchi. The magazine is part of Shincho-sha, which also founded it. It is published on a weekly basis. The headquarters is in Tokyo.
Shukan Shincho is a general news magazine, but it targets men. It has a nationalistic and conservative political stance. The magazine never contains pornographic news and has a dignified layout, increasing its prestigious status in the Japanese society. However, Shukan Shincho was found guilty of libel in a Tokyo court for publishing an unsubstantiated allegation of murder by a Soka Gakkai member. The magazine was criticized in 2001 for sensationalistic stories regarding a disputed Paleolithic settlement site in Japan. 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.
From October 2014 to September 2015 Shukan Shincho was the ninth best-selling magazine in Japan with a circulation of 537,596 copies.