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JOC official denies harassing 2010 medalist

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Seiko Hashimoto, 49, a member of the House of Councillors and a Japanese Olympic Committee official. According to the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine's edition that went on sale on Aug. 20, 2014, Hashimoto, also president of the Japan Skating Federation, forced Daisuke Takahashi, Vancouver Olympic figure skating bronze medalist, into letting her repeatedly kiss him during a party after the Sochi Olympics in February, an allegation denied by Hashimoto the same day.

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Essayist Agawa

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 25, 2013 shows Sawako Agawa, an essayist and TV celebrity who has conducted 1,000 interviews with actors, athletes, writers and people from various other fields, with the 1,000th one appearing in the special 2014 New Year edition of the Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine released the same day.

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Asahi Shimbun runs partially blacked-out ad

TOKYO, Japan - The Asahi Shimbun on March 31 published a partially blacked-out advertisement (L) run by the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun that promotes an article of the magazine accusing the newspaper of engaging in black journalism.

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Weekly on Tanaka's daughter banned, publisher appeals

TOKYO, Japan - A shopkeeper is about to remove copies of weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun on March 17 following a Tokyo District Court decision to ban publication of its story about the divorce of former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's daughter. Tokyo-based publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. lodged an objection against the decision later in the day.

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(1)Court halts weekly's publication over Tanaka story

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds up copies of weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun's latest edition in a Tokyo convenience store March 17 after the Tokyo District Court issued a publication injunction against it. It granted an injunction request, filed on privacy grounds, over an article saying the eldest daughter of House of Representatives member Makiko Tanaka married against her parents' wishes and divorced a year later.

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(2)Court halts weekly's publication over Tanaka story

TOKYO, Japan - A salesgirl removes copies of weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun's latest edition from a Tokyo station kiosk March 17. The Tokyo District Court granted a publication injunction request, filed on privacy grounds, over an article saying the eldest daughter of House of Representatives member Makiko Tanaka married against her parents' wishes and divorced a year later.

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Japan's lower house votes down no-confidence motion against lower house speaker

House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda is pictured after the lower house voted down a no-confidence motion submitted by the main opposition party against him at a plenary session in Tokyo on June 9, 2022. Hosoda has been under fire over a recent report by the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine that said he sexually harassed women, including a reporter and an employee of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Japan's lower house votes down no-confidence motion against lower house speaker

House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda is pictured after the lower house voted down a no-confidence motion submitted by the main opposition party against him at a plenary session in Tokyo on June 9, 2022. Hosoda has been under fire over a recent report by the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine that said he sexually harassed women, including a reporter and an employee of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Asahi Shimbun runs partially blacked-out ad

TOKYO, Japan - The Asahi Shimbun on March 31 published a partially blacked-out advertisement (L) run by the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun that promotes an article of the magazine accusing the newspaper of engaging in black journalism. (Kyodo)

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Outing, Cabinet, and Confusion

Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka denies the Bunshun article on the gold vein issue. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka visiting Australia and Burma, offering flowers at the graves of the war dead in Burma, going out from his private residence in Mejiro, Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka giving a press conference on the gold vein issue, shooting date unknown, release date: November 15, 1974.

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Tokyo gubernatorial candidate sues weekly magazine for libel

Shuntaro Torigoe (standing), an opposition block candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, speaks during a meeting at his campaign office in Tokyo on July 21, 2016, about a report in weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun alleging he made unwanted sexual advances to a woman. Torigoe dismissed the allegation as "groundless," saying he is "mortified by the heartless defamation." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic creative chief reportedly made slur on female comedian

File photo taken in December 2020 shows Hiroshi Sasaki, chief executive creative director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Sasaki proposed to some staff members in March 2020 through the messaging app Line an idea involving the entertainer Naomi Watanabe coming down from the sky as a pig as part of the Olympic opening ceremony, according to a report by weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun, made available online on March 17, 2021.

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(2)Court halts weekly's publication over Tanaka story

TOKYO, Japan - A salesgirl removes copies of weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun's latest edition from a Tokyo station kiosk March 17. The Tokyo District Court granted a publication injunction request, filed on privacy grounds, over an article saying the eldest daughter of House of Representatives member Makiko Tanaka married against her parents' wishes and divorced a year later. (Kyodo)

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(1)Court halts weekly's publication over Tanaka story

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds up copies of weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun's latest edition in a Tokyo convenience store March 17 after the Tokyo District Court issued a publication injunction against it. It granted an injunction request, filed on privacy grounds, over an article saying the eldest daughter of House of Representatives member Makiko Tanaka married against her parents' wishes and divorced a year later. (Kyodo)

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Weekly on Tanaka's daughter banned, publisher appeals

TOKYO, Japan - A shopkeeper is about to remove copies of weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun on March 17 following a Tokyo District Court decision to ban publication of its story about the divorce of former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's daughter. Tokyo-based publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. lodged an objection against the decision later in the day. (Kyodo)