Magazines
This category is for magazines in English about Japanese affairs.
The East
- Monthly English language magazine.http://www.theeast.co.jp/
Get Hiroshima
- Online magazine about Hiroshima and Japan: sports, food and drink, entertainment, events, music, features, movies, and art.http://www.gethiroshima.com/
Hiragana Times
- A "Cross-Cultural Communication Magazine". Helpful for those learning Japanese reading and writing.http://www.hiraganatimes.com/
Japan Echo
- Articles on Japanese society, politics, and economy.http://www.japanecho.co.jp/
The Japan Observer
- A quarterly magazine published by a collective based in Tokyo to carry stories and viewpoints ignored by the mainstream press, and serve as a notice-board and discussion forum.http://www.zmag.org/Japanwatch/
Japan Zine
- Yet another new English magazine in Japan.http://www.japan-zine.com/
Jselect.net
- Mainly Tokyo centered magazine with articles on events, travel and pleasure spots, news, business and political topics, restaurant reviews and other guides.http://www.jselect.net/
Kansai Scene Magazine
- Feature pieces, arts, music, events, community about Kansai.http://www.kansaiscene.com/
Kansai Time Out
- Online version of the popular Kansai ex-pat magazine.http://www.kto.co.jp/
Kateigaho
- A quarterly magazine with articles on Japanese culture, arts, cuisine, and lifestyle.http://www.kateigaho.com/int/main.cfm
Metropolis
- Weekly English city guide on clubs, bars, music, movies, TV, restaurants, exhibits, life and business guides. Messageboard and chat plus 1,500 jobs and classifieds.http://metropolis.japantoday.com/
Nawae Tokyo
- Magazine for Pakistanis in Tokyo. Pakistani news, information and features in English and Urdu.http://www.nawaetokyo.com/
Pacific Friend Fan Site
- Provides information about the monthly pictorial magazine, Pacific Friend.http://www.pacificfriend.ca/
President Inc.
- A business magazine, with an editorial focus on business strategy, management philosophy, and executive lifestyle. Features table of contents for all its issues and advertising information.http://www.president.co.jp/
Tokyo Journal
- Tokyo's oldest English language lifestyle monthly with news, entertainment, shopping, fashion, and classifieds.http://www.tokyo.to/
Tokyo Weekender
- Archive of the original Weekender magazine.http://www.weekender.co.jp/
Tokyo YY
- Tokyo oriented magazine on life for foreigners in Kanto.http://www.tokyoyy.com/
The Weekender
- Website of the new, bi-weekly Weekender magazinehttp://www.weekenderjapan.com/
The Weekly Post
- Online English version of the magazine - weekly news and news analyses on Japanese politics, economy, business and society.http://www.weeklypost.com/
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- Downright?neighborly
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- Electric Sunflower
- A former Japanese race car driver has designed a new kind of electric car, called the Electric Sunflower. Via, the United Nations University's new webzine Our World 2.0. The electric sunflowe
- Governors fight dam plan
- Governors fight dam plan Four prefectural chiefs band together against Daido River project WAKAYAMA (Kyodo) The governors of Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga and Mie demanded Tuesday that the central government
- And Then There Was One
- The collapse of the North American Big Three Automakers means that by the end of this collapse of capitalism there will be one left standing. And it won't be Ford, GM or Chrysler. It will be Toyo