is a general-interest weekly magazine published in Tokyo, Japan.

History and profile

''Shūkan Gendai'' was started in 1959. The magazine has its headquarters in

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. It is published by

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

, the largest publishing house in Japan, which covers entertainment news, as well as hard news such as interviews with the

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and other VIPs in the political and financial world. It also contains essays and opinions by well-known authors in serial form. In its photo section, it runs news photos in both black and white and in color. The magazine competes primarily with three other weekly magazines: ''

Shūkan Bunshun is a Japanese weekly news magazine ( Shūkanshi) based in Tokyo, Japan, known for its investigative journalism and frequent clashes with the Japanese government. It is considered one of the most influential weekly magazines in the country. Hist ...

'', '' Shūkan Shincho'' and '' Shūkan Post''. Although the magazine is aimed primarily at businessmen in their 40s to 60s, recently the female readership has been increasing, with 30% of the readership now female as against 10% in the past. ''Shūkan Gendai'' is well known for its anti-nuclear power stance including opposing the restarting nuclear power stations. In November 2012 the magazine was verbally warned by the Japanese authorities due to the obscene photos of

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published. In 2001 ''Shūkan Gendai'' had a circulation of 720,000 copies. It was 383,860 copies in 2010 and 407,949 copies in 2011.

List of manga

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Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths is a one-shot manga written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. In it, Mizuki describes his experiences as a soldier participating in the New Guinea campaign during World War II. He portrays the final weeks of his infantry service as the soldi ...

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Shigeru Mizuki was a Japanese manga artist and historian, best known for his manga series ''GeGeGe no Kitarō''. Born in a hospital in Osaka and raised in the city of Sakaiminato, Tottori, he later moved to Chōfu, Tokyo where he remained until his death. ...

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Path of the Assassin is a gekiga manga created by the writer Kazuo Koike and the artist Goseki Kojima and published in ''Weekly Gendai'' magazine (Kodansha). Unlike their previous collaborations on ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' and ''Samurai Executioner'', this story foc ...

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Kazuo Koike was a prolific Japanese manga writer ( gensakusha), novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful ''seinen'' manga, notably ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), '' Lady Snowblood'' ...

and

Goseki Kojima was a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his collaborations with manga writer Kazuo Koike, the most famous of them being ''Lone Wolf and Cub''. Biography Kojima was born in Yokkaichi, Mie, on the same day as Osamu Tezuka. After getting out ...

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Samurai Executioner ''Samurai Executioner'', known in Japan as , is a 10-volume manga created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima, the same team that created the popular ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' series. The series was first serialized in Japan, from 1972� ...

'', by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima *''

Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kimio Yanagisawa. A television drama was aired on TV Asahi in 2003, the official English name of the drama is Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective. A new drama series s ...

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Kimio Yanagisawa is a Japanese manga artist. His real name is pronounced the same way, but is written with the kanji . He graduated from Niigata Prefectural Muramatsu High School two years prior to Yoshifumi Kondō. After graduation, he attended Wakō University ...

References

External links

Shukan Gendai Online''Sports Illustrated'' article about the Romanian gymnast controversy
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