Friday (magazine) explained

Friday
Category:Photographs
Frequency:Shūkan (weekly)
Company:Kodansha
Country:Japan
Based:Tokyo
Language:Japanese

is a Japanese weekly magazine that contains celebrity gossip, politics, news, and simply. It is published by Kodansha. New issues are released every Friday, hence the name.

History

Friday was launched on 9 November 1984. The magazine is best known for its candid, paparazzi-style photographs of celebrities and politicians, accompanied by often scandalous rumors of their private lives. Such coverage is considered too risqué for daily newspapers. To be featured in Friday in this way is sometimes referred to as "Getting Fridayed" .

A special supplementary issue called Friday Dynamite is published several times a year.[1] [2]

In 2003, the magazine published its 1,000th issue – a double issue covering both the Golden Week and the Bon Festival/Christmas and holiday season.

Friday is one of three Japanese weekly magazines, along with Flash, also published by Kobunsha, and Focus, published by Shinchosha, that are collectively known as the "3F".[3] In the early 1990s, following the rapid rise of the 3F, other major publishers began issuing their own tabloid-style magazines. In addition to the appearance of Emma (Bungeishunjū) and Touch (Shogakukan), the "3F" became the "3FET"; however, Emma and Touch were not able to compete with Flash and Friday. Both were shut down by the end of the decade. After Focus was discontinued in 2001, Friday became the most widely circulated weekly magazine. It has 409,082 subscribers according to the Japan Magazine Society. At its peak in the mid-1990s, Friday was selling roughly 600,000 issues per week.[4]

Editors

※ Source: Kodansha no 100-nen (company history)

Name Term Remarks
Toshio Ito(伊藤 寿男) Jul 1984 – Jun 1985
Akihiko Terashima(寺島 昭彦) Jun 1985 – Apr 1987
Makoto Sugawa(須川 真) Apr 1987 – Apr 1988
Hiroshi Moriiwa(森岩 弘) Apr 1988 – Mar 1991
Masahiko Motoki(元木 昌彦) Mar 1991 – Mar 1993
Tetsu Suzuki(鈴木 哲) Mar 1993 – Jul 1996
Masashi Tani(谷 雅志) Jul 1996 – Mar 1998
Haruyuki Kato(加藤 晴之) Mar 1998 – Jul 2000
Tomoyuki Suzuki(鈴木 智之) Jul 2000 – Jun 2002
Kazuchika Dasuze(出樋 一親)Jun 2002 – Jul 2004
Kenji Nakamoto(中本 顕二) Jul 2004 – Mar 2006
Kazuchika Dasuze(出樋 一親) Mar 2006 – Apr 2008 Second inaugural editor-in-chief. From the "Shūkan Gendai" editorial department (editor-in-chief) transfer.
Hisayuki Semba(仙波 久幸) Apr 2008 – Jun 2009
Atsushi Akiyoshi(秋吉 敦司) Jun 2009 – Jun 2012

Controversies

Issue circulation

+ Issue circulation (After April 2008) (Japan Magazine Society)Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec
2008380,000 copies 375,834 copies 364,616 copies
2009345,000 copies 335,417 copies 340,000 copies 330,231 copies
2010330,231 copies 315,734 copies 324,892 copies 305,546 copies
2011303,625 copies 306,000 copies 308,131 copies 311,250 copies
2012311,250 copies 296,100 copies 311,850 copies 305,910 copies
2013293,334 copies 275,917 copies 269,167 copies 269,167 copies
2014273,637 copies 275,834 copies 277,500 copies 278,462 copies
2015260,000 copies 263,334 copies 260,910 copies 253,847 copies
2016254,167 copies 256,364 copies 257,500 copies 254,167 copies
2017254,167 copies 254,167 copies 250,833 copies

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 総合誌:講談社. Kodansha. ja. 22 March 2018. 28 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028194754/https://www.kodansha.co.jp/21351/21352. dead.
  2. Web site: フライデー襲撃事件からちょうど30年! 成宮寛貴をスクープした『FRIDAY』. Excite News. ja. Excite. 10 December 2016. 22 March 2018.
  3. Web site: 創刊60周年、週刊女性古参記者が語る「田原俊彦と中山美穂の幻のデート取材」ほか. ja. Shūkan Josei Prime. 12 January 2017. 2. 23 March 2018.
  4. Web site: フライデー創刊編集長で襲撃事件の当事者・伊藤寿男さんに聞く「怒られても前向きでいる方法」. 12 May 2016. Pasona Career. Hata Labo –Hataraku Koto Kenkyūjo–. ja. 23 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Kitano Takeshi: Marching to His Own Creative "Beat" . nippon.com. 6 February 2017 .
  6. サミットで首脳夫人にも嫌われた森喜朗首相の英会話. Shūkan Bunshun. ja. 42. 29. Bungeishunjū. 3 August 2000. 27–28.
  7. Web site: ブッシュ再選と今後の日米関係. ja. Ryūkyū Shimpō. 8 December 2004. 23 March 2018. 21 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821174112/http://ryukyushimpo.jp/modules/icontent/inPages/imagesLibrary/forum/pdf/200501ryukyu_forum.pdf. dead. At the 141st Ryūkyū Forum lecture meeting, Takahata acknowledged that it was creative.
  8. News: 森首相、クリントン大統領に「フー・アー・ユー」失言の真偽. Nakamura. Mariko. 11 August 2000. Shūkan Asahi. ja.
  9. News: 島田紳助さんが勝訴 フライデー記事で賠償命令. 26 September 2012. 24 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929000553/http://www.47news.jp/CN/201209/CN2012092601002642.html. 29 September 2012. 47News. Kyodo News. ja.
  10. Web site: Prosecutors drop case against actor Keisuke Koide for drinking with under-age girl. Japan Today. 21 December 2017 . en. 8 December 2018.