First issue 1981 Language English ISSN 0289-811X | Country Japan/International Website www.tokyojournal.com | |
Company Tokyo Journal International, Inc. | ||
Tokyo Journal is an English-language quarterly magazine about Tokyo and Japan, which was established in 1981. The international edition of the magazine was published under the title Japan Journal for a time.
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History
Tokyo Journal was founded in 1981, and owned for a number of years by the Japanese magazine distributor Yohan. Its editors-in-chief have included Don Morton and Greg Starr. The magazine was later sold to the Tokyo-based translation and publishing company Nexxus Communications K.K. Ownership was transferred to Tokyo Journal International, Inc. in 2012, and the magazine's first publication under the new ownership was the December 2012 issue, number 270. Tokyo Journal is the oldest English magazine still on sale in Japanese bookstores.
Style
The magazine's approach has been to cover Japanese culture as seen through the eyes of those who know and live it.