is a Japanese term for any weekly magazine, including politically provocative weekly

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newspapers. As noted by Watanabe and Gamble in the

Japan Media Review ''Japan Media Review'' is an English academic online journal dedicated to the Japanese press. The ''Japan Media Review'' describes itself as "an online-only journal that examines how emerging technologies are changing the practice, ethics, law, bu ...

and in their book ''A Public Betrayed'', the genre is "often described as bizarre blends of various types of U.S. magazines, such as '' Newsweek'', '' The New Yorker'', '' People'', '' Penthouse'', and '' The National Enquirer''".''A Public Betrayed: The Power of Japan's Scandal-Breaking Weeklies'', Adam Gamble and Takesato Watanabe. 2004. Regnery Publishing ''Shūkanshi'' have been a source of anti-semitic articles in Japan, including '' Shukan Bunshun'', ''Marco Polo'', and ''

Shukan Shincho is a Japanese conservative weekly news magazine 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 ma ...

'', which have repeatedly published articles denying the Holocaust. ''Shukan Shincho'' was found guilty of

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

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member, and has been criticized for sensationalistic stories regarding a disputed

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settlement site in

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. The magazine has also been rebuked for publishing the names and photographs of minors who have been accused of criminal acts, even before their trials began.

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