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Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Ryoichi Miura, publisher of the Shukan New York Seikatsu, a New York City-based Japanese community paper with a weekly circulation of around 20,000 copies, holds a copy of the paper in New York on Oct. 20, 2014.

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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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Publisher apologizes to mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. bow in apology to Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) at the Osaka city hall on Nov. 12, 2012, over an article on the mayor's family background that appeared in its weekly magazine Shukan Asahi.

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Shukan Asahi with story of Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the Oct. 26, 2012, edition of the weekly magazine Shukan Asahi, published on Oct. 16, 2012, containing a story about Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, head of the political party Nippon Ishin no Kai, with an unflattering portrait of the politician. Hashimoto (back) speaks on the story at the Osaka city government offices on Oct. 18, 2012. The mayor said the previous day he will no longer speak to reporters from The Asahi Shimbun daily and Asahi Broadcasting Corp., to protest the story in the magazine.

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Panel questions former ozeki Chiyotaikai on alleged gambling

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo elder Sanoyama, former ozeki Chiyotaikai, speaks to reporters at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 13, 2010, after the Shukan Shincho weekly magazine reported he was allegedly involved in illegal gambling. Sanoyama said, ''All of what has been written is fabricated. I have no involvement at all.''

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Police question sumo stablemaster Otake over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake (file photo) has admitted in police questioning to illegal gambling on baseball, the Metropolitan Police Department said on June 17, 2010. The Tokyo police questioned Otake before an article in the Shukan Shincho weekly that went on sale the same day mentioned him and top-division sumo wrestler Toyonoshima in connection with the gambling.

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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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Japanese comic magazine to hit stands in U.S. from Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Shueisha Inc., a Tokyo-based publishing company, said Aug. 1 it will publish as a monthly magazine in the United States from November an English-language version of its popular Japanese weekly comic magazine Shukan Shonen Jump. The U.S. version will be called Shonen Jump, and will be distributed by Viz Communications Inc., a San Francisco-based publisher.

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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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Japanese comic magazine to hit stands in U.S. from Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Shueisha Inc., a Tokyo-based publishing company, said Aug. 1 it will publish as a monthly magazine in the United States from November an English-language version of its popular Japanese weekly comic magazine Shukan Shonen Jump. The U.S. version will be called Shonen Jump, and will be distributed by Viz Communications Inc., a San Francisco-based publisher. (Kyodo)

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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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Panel questions former ozeki Chiyotaikai on alleged gambling

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo elder Sanoyama, former ozeki Chiyotaikai, speaks to reporters at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 13, 2010, after the Shukan Shincho weekly magazine reported he was allegedly involved in illegal gambling. Sanoyama said, ''All of what has been written is fabricated. I have no involvement at all.'' (Kyodo)

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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)