COURRiER Japon Lite 1.5

COURRiER Japon is a Tokyo based international news Magazine published by Kodansha. A sister magazine to Courrier International in France, every month, we pick fine articles from over 1500 media around the world, translate and edit them into Japanese to bring to our readers a more global view of the world today. Regular features include "Japan in Worlds View", culture section on food, art and trends, perspectives and qualities rare amongst other Japanese Media.

In order to expand our readership abroad, we have decided to make our magazine available as an application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Readers will be able to read the magazine with the same layout as it is in on print, with an intuitive interface. This application will be available on the 10th of every month, both as a free "lite version" (with less pages), and as a "full version".

Language: Japanese

March issue
This Day of Change -130 photographers from over 60 countries on assignment for Courrier Japon to photograph January 20th on the theme of "hope".
Expectations and worries from 17 countries, the new era of President Obama
Can Indian gods save its people?
Emile Hirshs Congo Diary
Columns by Masaru Sato, Hiroshi Morisu, Satoshi Tomisaka

Recommendations

Susumu Fujita - Cyber Agent Inc. CEO
"Out of all the recently published magazines, Courrier Japon is the one big hit. Whenever I am on a long commute, I get so into reading it. Every morning, my secretary would go through newspapers and pick out articles that might interest me, and Courrier is just like that.
Its a lot more interesting than Newsweek if you ask me."

Masaru Sato - Author and former Foreign Service personnel
"With the overwhelming amount of information on international affairs, Courrier Japon picks out whats really important. Be it politics, foreign affairs, economy, or arts and entertainment, environmental problems or international terrorists that crosses borders, Courrier offers a balanced view of our world today. Although the internet has given us access to a world of information, a lot of it is from the US. Reading Courrier might help correct this bias, and it just give you something closer to the truth."

Naoyuki Honda - Entrepreneur, Leverage Consulting CEO
"Courrier Japon, for me, is a useful tool in collecting information from around the world. I keep an eye on American media all the time, but its not as easy to see what other media form other countries have to say. Its hard, with things changing ever so quickly, to get good quality news. Not knowing this magazine is definitely a loss.

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