was an

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

monthly

news magazine A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories, in greater depth than do newspapers or new ...

published in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, between 1977 and 2009.

History and profile

''Kansai Time Out'' was first published in February 1977. The founders were David Jack (who died in September 2021) and his wife, Sachiko Matsunaga. Matsunaga was also the publisher. It was published on a monthly basis. The headquarters of the monthly was in Kobe. The magazine was staffed by many throughout the years, and was a focal point for Kansai society, featuring local activities and everts, interviews with both local and international people, and varied articles about social, political and cultural events. The magazine also published several lists. It folded in 2009 after being sold to a bigger publishing group that appeared to use it as a tax loss, shutting it down almost immediately after acquiring it. The last issue to be published was #391 in September 2009.

Notable contributors

Doreen Simmons Doreen Sylvia Simmons (née Clarke; 29 May 1932 – 23 April 2018) was an English sumo commentator. After moving to Japan in 1973 she became an expert on sumo and was hired by NHK in 1992 to provide commentary for their English language sumo broad ...

contributed features on

sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by thr ...

References

1977 establishments in Japan 2009 disestablishments in Japan Defunct magazines published in Japan English-language magazines Listings magazines Magazines established in 1977 Magazines disestablished in 2009 Mass media in Kobe Monthly magazines published in Japan News magazines published in Asia {{Japan-mag-stub