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Metropolis (free magazine)

Metropolis
Managing Editor Michael Kanert
Categories News magazine
Frequency Biweekly
Circulation 30,000 weekly[1]
First issue February 1994
Company Japan Partnership Inc.
Country Japan
Language English
Website .commetropolisjapan

Metropolis is a 32-to-48-page free biweekly city guide, news and classified ads glossy magazine published by Japan partnership KK targeting English-speaking foreigners in Tokyo, Japan.[1] As of April 2011, its circulation was about 30,000.[2]

History

The magazine was first published in 1994 as the Tokyo Classified. Early editions, in the broadsheet style, consisted of classified advertisements sourced from shop notice boards.[3] Initially distributed with the Daily Yomiuri, the publisher created an independent distribution network after the newspaper censored advertisements it found objectionable. The magazine is distributed to companies, embassies, hotels, bars, and restaurants.[4] The magazine was originally owned and operated by Mark and Mary Devlin, renamed Metropolis in 2001, and sold to Japan Inc. Holdings in 2007.[2]

Since 1999 the magazine hosted an annual Halloween party "Glitterball" at Roppongi's Velfarre club, and now that Velfarre is defunct, at other notable clubs around Tokyo. Between 2003 and 2010, Metropolis donated some of the profits each year to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Japan and the YMCA.[5]

Metropolis is owned by Japan Partnership KK (JPI).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Audit Bureau of Circulation (2006). "Report for Publisher of Free Paper: Metropolis". Metropolis. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  2. ^ a b Simone, Gianni, "English mags approach milestone, crossroads", The Japan Times, 26 April 2011, p. 12.
  3. ^ Adams, Billy (2002-12-11). "Big in Japan". Business A.M. Retrieved 2007-04-28. 
  4. ^ Jonathon Walsh (2004-09-07). "Life in the Metropolis: Mark Devlin, CEO & Publisher, Crisscross K.K.". Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  5. ^ Karen Foster. "A Good Cause". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 

External links

  • Official website
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