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Japanese men's magazine

Brutus
CategoriesMen's magazine
FrequencyBi-monthly
Founded1980
First issueMay 1980
CompanyMagazine House
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Website

Brutus (ブルータス) is a Japanese men's magazine devoted to pop culture, lifestyles, and culture in Tokyo, Japan by Magazine House.

History and profile

Brutus was started in 1980. The first issue of the magazine appeared in May 1980. The publisher is Tokyo-based company, Magazine House. The magazine was published monthly and biweekly. It is now published on a bimonthly basis. It has sister publications, an an, Popeye, and Olive. A popular magazine, Brutus had a circulation of 88,543 as of May 2009 with a target audience of 20- to 50-year-old trend-conscious males. One of its former editors-in-chief is Kazuhiro Saito.

In 2013, the magazine and Popeye received best magazine award.

References

  1. L. Erik Bratt (13 May 1992). "Clear sailing for some". The San Diego Union - Tribune.
  2. David Holley (27 March 1995). "Japanese Guru". Los Angeles Times. He was interviewed sympathetically, for example, for an article on new religions published in the well-respected magazine Brutus in 1991.
  3. ^ "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzai. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. ^ Fiona Wilson (November 2015). "Press Ahead". Monocle. No. 88. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. Brian Moeran (1996). A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets. University of Hawaii Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8248-1873-9.
  6. "A guide to the bold and vibrant Japanese magazines that matter". Typorn. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Brutus magazine seeks Saipan appeal for cartoon magazines". Saipan Tribune. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  8. The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. 2002. p. 625. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9.
  9. "How-to guides ever popular with Japanese". The Pantagraph. Associated Press. 14 January 1991. "How-to magazines attract Japanese readers, who are always fearful of doing something different, by showing a standard of what people should be doing," said Masayoshi Kinjo, editor of the popular men's magazine Brutus.
  10. Ginny Parker (11 July 1999). "In Japan, Beauty Salons Are Busy With Men Seeking 'Pretty Boy' Look". The Seattle Times. Tokyo. AP. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. "The Fifth BEST MAGAZINE AWARD Winners Including BRUTUS and POPEYE Announced". Fashion Headline. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

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