is a Japanese conservative weekly

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based in Tokyo, Japan. It is considered one of the most influential weekly magazines in the country and is the first Japanese weekly magazine founded by a publishing company which does not own a major newspaper.

History and profile

''Shukan Shincho'' was first published on 19 February 1956. The cover of the first issue featured an illustration by Japanese artist Rokuro Taniuchi. The magazine is part of

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, which also founded it, and is published on a weekly basis. Its headquarters is in Tokyo. ''Shukan Shincho'' is a general-news magazine, but it targets men. It claims that " tsaverage reader is 41.4 years old, 34.2% are white collar, and 60.9% own their own homes" and that "the majority f its readersare upper class, wealthy and intellectually inclined". As of 2017 Mark Schreiber, a contributing author of ''

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'', argued that the readers of the magazine are mostly older and retired Japanese men. The major competitor of the magazine is '' Shūkan Bunshun''.

Content and political stance

''Shukan Shincho'' has a nationalistic and conservative political stance. ''Shukan Shincho'' and its rival '' Shūkan Bunshun'' are the only major "non-establishment" weekly news-magazines that do not feature

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. This makes them the magazines of choice for men who want to read so-called alternative news (sources other than the major newspapers and broadcasters) but who don't want to look at, or be seen looking at, pornography. As a result, these two ''

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'' (weekly magazines) are seen as more socially acceptable to read than theirs rivals. The layouts of these two magazines are also of a better quality than that of their direct competitors. However, these two publications have been described as "especially egregious offenders of journalistic ethics". ''Shukan Shincho'' is also described as a tabloid magazine by ''

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'', a leading Japanese daily. ''Shukan Shincho'' was found guilty of

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in a Tokyo court for publishing an unsubstantiated allegation of murder by a

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member. The magazine was criticized in 2001 for sensationalistic stories regarding a disputed

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settlement site in Japan. It has also been rebuked for publishing the names and photographs of minors who have been accused of criminal acts, even before their trials began.

Circulation

From October 2014 to September 2015 ''Shukan Shincho'' was the ninth-best selling magazine in Japan with a circulation of 537,596 copies.

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