Flash (Japanese magazine)
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Flash is a Japanese photo magazine published by Kobunsha, published every Tuesday.[1][2]
The first issue was published on November 5, 1986.[3][4][2]
The editorial office is in Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.[2]
History[edit]
In the early 1980s, major Japanese publishers started to publish weekly photo magazines one after another, such as Shinchosha's Focus established in 1981, and their sales grew rapidly.[5][6]
Around 1989, competition between the Friday and Flash led to combined sales of over four million copies.[6]
But illegal methods of shooting and the privacy of photographed people became issues, and the boom period of photo magazines was over. By 2009, there remained only two major weekly photo magazines, Friday and Flash.[6]
A supplementary bimestrial magazine, Flash EX, which had gained popularity owing to its rich content such as columns and rare photographs on 2000's, suspended publication in October 2008.[6][7]
Flash provided political news and gossip but also treated sexual topics. Around year 2009, convenience store's self-regulation and the designation of harmful publication by Tokyo Metropolitan Government grow more rigorous.[6]
The growth of internet media diffused more radical pornographic information and illegal reprinting of magazines, and it overwhelmed the magazine.[6]
Number of copies published[edit]
| year | quarter | FLASH | FRIDAY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | 389,464 | 380,000 |
| 2008 | 3 | 385,782 | 375,834 |
| 2008 | 4 | 372,250 | 364,616 |
| 2009 | 1 | 364,117 | 345,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | 352,146 | 335,417 |
| 2009 | 3 | 334,619 | 340,000 |
| 2009 | 4 | 320,617 | 330,231 |
| 2010 | 1 | 299,167 | 316,667 |
| 2010 | 2 | 292,364 | 315,734 |
| 2010 | 3 | 277,500 | 324,892 |
| 2010 | 4 | 275,282 | 305,546 |
| 2011 | 1 | 257,550 | 303,625 |
| 2011 | 2 | 229,500 | 306,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 225,884 | 308,131 |
| 2011 | 4 | 234,973 | 311,250 |
| 2012 | 1 | 223,984 | 296,539 |
| 2012 | 2 | 226,375 | 296,100 |
| 2012 | 3 | 221,991 | 311,850 |
| 2012 | 4 | 226,834 | 305,910 |
| 2013 | 1 | 214,292 | 293,334 |
| 2013 | 2 | 207,875 | 275,917 |
| 2013 | 3 | 210,473 | 269,167 |
| 2013 | 4 | 229,250 | 269,167 |
| 2014 | 1 | 204,267 | 273,637 |
| 2014 | 2 | 214,084 | 275,834 |
| 2014 | 3 | 216,955 | 277,500 |
| 2014 | 4 | 210,242 | 278,462 |
| 2015 | 1 | 204,267 | 260,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 204,700 | 263,334 |
| 2015 | 3 | 203,582 | 260,910 |
| 2015 | 4 | 202,164 | 253,847 |
| 2016 | 1 | 199,233 | 254,167 |
| 2016 | 2 | 199,492 | 256,364 |
| 2016 | 3 | 198,527 | 257,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | 191,933 | 254,167 |
| 2017 | 1 | 191,127 | 254,167 |
| 2017 | 2 | 189,200 | 254,167 |
| 2017 | 3 | 187,450 | 250,833 |
| 2017 | 4 | 186,418 | 242,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | 183,300 | 230,833 |
| 2018 | 2 | 174,933 | 223,333 |
| 2018 | 3 | 169,745 | 217,917 |
| 2018 | 4 | 167,027 | 201,667 |
| 2019 | 1 | 155,167 | 200,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 154,964 | 200,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 147,764 | 195,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 137,392 | 190,769 |
| 2020 | 1 | 133,608 | 186,818 |
| 2020 | 2 | 126,245 | 179,250 |
| 2020 | 3 | 126,980 | 186,364 |
| 2020 | 4 | 123,091 | 185,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 118,655 | 172,727 |
| 2021 | 2 | 117,609 | 170,833 |
| 2021 | 3 | 110,630 | 171,818 |
Source: Japan Magazine Publishers Association[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Kobunsha (2021). "FLASH 最新号". Kobunsha. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 週刊FLASH編集部 2021.
- ↑ Yoshida & Okada 2012, p. 7.
- ↑ Saito 2001, pp. 232-233.
- ↑ Yoshida & Okada 2012, p. 31.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 土肥義則，Business Media 誠, 裁判だけではない……写真週刊誌を追い込む脅威とは？, ITmedia Business Online, 2009-5-26 8:00
- ↑ 日刊サイゾー (2008-09-29). "「フラッシュEX」休刊決定! 写真週刊誌一掃の前触れか!?". 日刊サイゾー. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ↑ Number of copies published: April 2008 - March 2019, Number of copies published: Oct. 2018 - Sep. 2021
Bibliography[edit]
- Yoshida, Noriaki; Okada, Akiko (2012). 雑誌メディアの文化史. 森話社. ISBN 978-4-86405-039-5. Search this book on
- Saito, Isao (2001). さらば『フォーカス』!. 飛鳥新社. ISBN 4-87031-486-X. Search this book on
- 週刊FLASH編集部 (2021). "Twitter Profile". 週刊FLASH編集部. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
External links[edit]
- weekly FLASH editorial on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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