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That incident involving Kitano was to cause a drop in magazine sales, but the advent of the Internet was to have a much harsher effect on Japan’s media landscape.
“Of course, readership is falling and things are not as good as they could be, but it is currently nowhere near as bad as the West here,” says Oyaizu.
“But nonfiction writers are struggling because of the decline of monthly magazines, and this is likely to have a big impact on society. I was in the United States at the time of Barack Obama’s presidential victory, yet as much as I tried to find analysis in Japanese, there was not a lot worth reading. There are of course blogs and websites, but these are nowhere near the quality of what you get from print media at the moment.”
While this may be the case now, the future may not be quite as bad, with Friday's editor pointing out that the average reader may be here for the longer term.
“The place we sell the most copies of our magazine is the Kiosk stores in train stations, followed by convenience stores. We also sell a few copies at book stores, but people are generally buying Friday on their way to work. It seems a large number of our readers would feel uncomfortable buying hardcore pornography on their way to work, but are happy to grab a Friday” says Oyaizu.
“The Internet is going to skyrocket over the next decade, but in Japan, people may still hold an affection for feeling paper in their hands, so magazines will survive in some form,” says Oyaizu....READ MORE
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