was a weekly Japanese men's magazine published by Heibon Shuppan (currently known as

Magazine House is a Japanese publisher, formerly named Heibon Shuppan Co., Ltd. History The company was founded in October 1945 by Kinosuke Iwahori and Tatsuo Shimizu. Its first publications were the magazines ''Heibon'' and ''Heibon Weekly''. In 1964, it l ...

). It was first published on April 28, 1964, and continued until 1988. The magazine featured articles on lifestyle, fashion, sports, political issues, and sex, rivaling with '' Weekly Playboy'', launched two years later. ''Heibon Punch'' was influential in promoting American fashion trends, such as the Ivy look, to Japanese male youth in post-

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Japan. Some of ''Heibon Punch'' collaborators were Yukio Mishima,

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, and

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. Other magazines by the same publisher were ''Monthly Heibon Punch'', the general weekly magazine ''Weekly Heibon'', and the

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''Heibon Punch for Girls'' (precursor to ''

an an ''An An'' (stylized as ''an an'') is a weekly Japanese women's lifestyle magazine. It is one of the earliest and popular women's magazines in Japan. In 2009 it was described by ''Japan Today'' as a mega-popular women's magazine. It is also one ...

'').

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