Crime prevention tips for seniors among highlights of new year publications
Dec 31, 2020 Many of Japan’s weekly magazines typically publish double issues from the last week in December in order to give staff some time off. Such issues can easily be identified by logos, banners or trim on their covers that appear in gold, although three magazines — Aera, Sunday Mainichi and Friday — have abstained from the practice this year. From looking at the magazines’ contents, you’d never have guessed what a crazy year 2020 has been. However, with many station kiosks closed due to the pandemic, I suspect that their newsstand sales and ad revenues almost certai...