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Draft:Sunday Mainichi

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Sunday Mainichi
CategoriesGeneral news and current affairs[1]
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation27,778[2]
PublisherMainichi Shimbun Publishing
First issueApril 2, 1922 (1922-04-02)
CountryJapan
Based inChiyoda, Tokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitemainichibooks.com/sundaymainichi/

Sunday Mainichi (Japanese: サンデー毎日, Hepburn: Sandē Mainichi) is a Japanese weekly general-interest magazine published by Mainichi Shimbun Publishing, a subsidiary of The Mainichi Newspapers. Launched on April 2, 1922, it is one of the two oldest weekly magazines in Japan, founded the same day as its rival Shukan Asahi (now defunct).[3][4]

History

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The magazine was inaugurated on April 2, 1922, as part of the 50th-anniversary commemorations of the Mainichi Shimbun and its predecessor The Osaka Mainichi, together with the English-language daily (now The Mainichi) and the Braille Mainichi.[4] The competing Shukan Asahi debuted the same day, and the two are regarded as the oldest weekly magazines in Japan, "fraternal twins" whose inaugural covers both photographed the Tokyo Peace Exposition in Ueno Park.[3] The inaugural issue was printed in tabloid format, with 4 pages of gravure and 24 pages of text at a cover price of 10 sen.[5][1]

In 1925 the magazine ran what is credited as the first crossword puzzle published in Japan.[6] From 1926 the magazine ran a popular-literature contest, the Taishū Bungei-shō (大衆文芸賞, Popular Literature Prize), which helped launch the careers of writers including Yasushi Inoue and Sōhachi Yamaoka.[7][5] During World War II, from February 1943, publication continued under the English-free title Weekly Mainichi (週刊毎日), reverting to Sunday Mainichi in January 1946.[5]

The magazine serialized Toyoko Yamasaki's novel Shiroi Kyotō (The Great White Tower) beginning in 1963.[8]

In April 2015 publication of the magazine was transferred to the newly created Mainichi Shimbun Publishing, a subsidiary of the Mainichi Newspapers.[9][10] After Shukan Asahi ceased publication in May 2023,[11][12] Sunday Mainichi was left as one of only a few weekly magazines in Japan still tied to a newspaper publisher, alongside AERA and Spa!.[3]

Notable coverage

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In June 1989, the magazine published the interview with a former Kagurazaka geisha, Mitsuko Nakanishi, in which she alleged a months-long paid liaison with newly appointed Prime Minister Sōsuke Uno. The story, headlined "SCOOP: A SCANDAL INVOLVING PRIME MINISTER UNO,"[13] was picked up by international media, contributing to Uno's resignation after 68 days in office and to the ruling party's defeat in the July 1989 House of Councillors election.[14][15]

From 1989, the magazine developed an adversarial relationship with the Aum Shinrikyo cult, running a series of articles on it titled "The Insanity of Aum Shinrikyo" (オウム真理教の狂気).[3][16] Reporter Shoko Egawa, who tracked the cult from its onset, noted that within 18 months of Aum's incorporation it faced no fewer than 60 civil and criminal lawsuits, and that groups of cultists began invading newspaper and magazine offices.[3] According to a retrospective published by the magazine in 2010, its coverage so angered the cult's founder, Shoko Asahara, that Aum planned to bomb the Mainichi Shimbun's offices and to assassinate the magazine's then-editor, Tarō Maki.[16]

In 2008, the Imperial Household Agency lodged a protest over a February 3 article on Empress Michiko, saying the piece contained claims that were not factual.[17] In 2016, the Osaka High Court upheld a lower ruling that a 2014 article on politician Tomomi Inada did not defame her, dismissing her damages suit against the magazine's publisher.[10]

Photography and features

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Following Aoyagi's 1995 proposal to Mitsubishi Motors, the magazine serialized his "From the Roads of the World" (世界の道から) series, travel photographs taken from a Mitsubishi Pajero, from the January 7, 1996 issue over roughly two years.[18][19] The magazine maintains regular columns on education and university entrance examinations, including the annual "University Admissions Results" special editions compiled jointly with the data firm Daigaku Tsushin.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "サンデー毎日（公式サイト）" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun Publishing. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  2. ↑ 【花田紀凱の週刊誌ウォッチング】（８５０）大谷選手の「どうなる『結婚相手』」は余計なお世話. 産経ニュース (in Japanese). November 28, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Schreiber, Mark (2022). "Japan's savvy, salacious shukanshi". Number 1 Shimbun. Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Mainichi Shimbun marks 150th anniversary as Japan's oldest existing daily newspaper". The Mainichi. February 21, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Jokura, Yoshimitsu; Watanabe, Kaoru (April 14, 2023). "週刊朝日の時代 101年のライバルとして、同志として". Shukan Asahi (in Japanese). pp. 22–25.
  6. ↑ "訃報 世界的ブーム作った「数独」、名付け親の鍜治さんが死去" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun Publishing. September 5, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  7. ↑ Izumi, Tsukasa (2021). "Literary prizes in prewar Sunday Mainichi" (PDF). Hibarino. 45. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Yamasaki Toyoko: Exploring the Author's Grand Works and Life". nippon.com. December 30, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  9. ↑ "毎日新聞社、出版事業を分社". The Nikkei (in Japanese). January 26, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Appeal court clears Sunday Mainichi article of defaming defense minister". The Mainichi. October 12, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  11. ↑ Schreiber, Mark (July 2023). "The sun also sets". Number 1 Shimbun. Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  12. ↑ "100-year-old weekly news magazine Shukan Asahi to shut down". Xinhua. January 19, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Japan: Tattling on Mr. Clean". TIME. June 19, 1989. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Ex-Geisha Accuses Uno Of a Dangerous Liaison". The New York Times. June 10, 1989. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Sex Scandal Hits New Leader". The Washington Post. June 7, 1989. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "おかげさまで創刊5000号". Sunday Mainichi (in Japanese). Mainichi Newspapers. July 18, 2010. pp. 8–9.
  17. ↑ "「サンデー毎日」（平成20年2月3日号）の記事について" (in Japanese). Imperial Household Agency. January 24, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  18. ↑ Inoue, Kiichi (April 5, 2016). "「花とハナ　－My Flowers & My Cat－」「The Best of Y.Aoyagi」：写真展". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  19. ↑ 青柳陽一写真展「花とハナ　－My Flowers & My Cat－」／「The Best of Y.Aoyagi」 [Yoichi Aoyagi photography exhibition "Flowers and Hana ‑My Flowers & My Cat‑" / "The Best of Y.Aoyagi"]. Dejikame Watch (in Japanese). April 1, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2026. …「世界の道から」三菱自動車工業…
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