| CAUTION!! |
| These are the reproduction of articles originally published on Mainichi Daily News' "WaiWai" section. Almost all of the articles were nothing but trumped-up stories. Please DO NOT believe them! Were these stories real? No Japanese readers would believe them. Some immoral writers made up the story, taking from dubious "news" from tabloids and gossip magazines. However, some readers unfortunately believed the articles. There's no wonder--these stories were published by the Mainichi Newspapers, one of the Japanese major "quality" papers. The writers and Mainichi seem to understand very well that fiction is stronger than reality --at least for readers with little experience with Japan. Don't believe Mainichi, never! PLEASE WATCH MOVIE BELOW, it helps you to understand background of these problem. |
| 番号 | 掲載年月日 | 表題（英語） | 引用雑誌名 | 引用雑誌号数 | 表題（日本語） | 署名(ｲﾆｼｬﾙ） |
| 1 | 19960107 | A different New Year(From Yamaguchi to Asahara, Dr Nomoto to dog-lovers Sekine, prison life has taken its toll. Shukan Asahi shows another side of the shogatsu break. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 2 | 19960107 | Aesthetic salons finding cash easier to trim than fat | Shukan Bunshun | 1/4-11 | 「エステで痩せる」のウソ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 3 | 19960107 | Japan's first lady remains out of the public eye | Shukan Shincho | 1/4-11 | 姿を見せないファースト・レディー「村山ヨシヱ」の消息 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 4 | 19960107 | Kabukicho: Varied enough to whet anyone's appetite | Spa! | 12/27 | ボーダレスな欲望が結集する混沌こそが歌舞伎町の魅力！ | GB(Geoff Botting) |
| 5 | 19960107 | Big Brother is watching you! And your car | Bart | 1/1-8 | 激増するNシステムの恐怖 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 6 | 19960114 | Picking up the pieces(A year ago this week, the Great Hanshin Earthquake reduced Kobe to rubble. Friday tells the story of those who escaped the worst of the disaster and how the' re coping now. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 7 | 19960114 | The thrill of inflicting pain on yourself for pleasure | Spa! | 1/17 | 苦行ジャンキー急増中 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 8 | 19960114 | Job-hunting students turning to South Korean companies | Shukan Hoseki | 1/18 | 韓国企業の「広き門」の内側を拝見 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 9 | 19960114 | What's all this crap about Japanese living to work? | Aera | 1/15 | 働くのは週２日で充分だ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 10 | 19960114 | Japan's 'X-files' chronicle spate of unearthly events | Shukan Gendai | 1/13-20 | 本当にあった怪奇事件の謎に挑む 日本版 Ｘ-ファイル | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 11 | 19960121 | Monju madness(Shukan Post claims a fast-breeder reactor leak and the attempted cover-up by plant officials has cast a cloud over Japan's entire nuclear program. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 12 | 19960121 | Would your house survive a magnitude 7 earthquake? | Shukan Asahi | 1/26 | あなたの家は震度７に耐えられるか | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 13 | 19960121 | Hospitals have their reasons for banning mobile phone | Aera | 1/22 | 携帯電話が医療機器を狂わす危険 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 14 | 19960121 | Embassy blackmailing Myanmarese into paying dubious income tax | Shukan Hoseki | 1/25 | ミャンマー政府が日本国内で２０億円徴税活動 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 15 | 19960121 | Those damn recreational vehicles and their wimpy drivers - who needs' em? | Shukan Yomiuri | 1/28 | 超過熱「RVブーム」の落し穴 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 16 | 19960128 | Equal employer? No way!(Mitsubishi Trading's plan to cut back its female office staff has left the company's reputation as a model employer in doubt, writes Shukan Asahi. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 17 | 19960128 | Being a boss means more now than just being bossy | Sunday Mainichi | 2/4 | こんな上司はもうｺﾞﾒﾝ！ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 18 | 19960128 | Does taping your fingers really help you lose weight? | Friday | 2/2 | 「１カ月でOK」と大評判 指に巻くだけで痩せる！？"テープ・ダイエット"の効き目 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 19 | 19960128 | ‘Quick massage' a hit with stressed out young women | Shukan Asahi | 2/2 | OLに人気の「１５分マッサージ」は本当に効くの？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 20 | 19960128 | What's behind the recent cocoa-buying stampede? | Shukan Ppst | 2/2 | 主婦を店頭に走らせた「ココアで健康になる」大パニック | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 21 | 19960204 | What's a nice girl like you …(Drifting through the pink sub-culture, Spa! Finds the money great, the anxieties onerous and, sometimes, the danger terrifying. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 22 | 19960204 | NHK's 'Hideyoshi' series verging on the incredible | Shukan Bunshun | 2/1 | 「秀吉」はこんなにヘン | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 23 | 19960204 | Some middle-aged men want to look beautiful, too | Shukan Asahi | 2/9 | 「オジさんだって、きれいになりたい！！」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 24 | 19960204 | Spoilt young working women see nothing wrong in sponging off parents | Panja | March | OLたちの新・貧富の差 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 25 | 19960204 | Utsunomiya residents in uproar over religious group's 'invasion' | Shukan Gendai | 2/10 | 幸福の科学「栃木進出」に宇都宮市民が猛反発！ | MK(Masuo Kamiyama) |
| 26 | 19960211 | The essence of Okinawa(In words and pictures, it is apparent that the "temperature" gap is narrowing. Michael Hoffman has a look.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 27 | 19960211 | Asahi shimbun caught off guard with Imperial poem | Shukan Shincho | 2/15 | 天皇の「御製」を入選作にしちゃった朝日新聞の不覚 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 28 | 19960211 | Convenience store addicts are growing in number | Spa! | 2/7 | コンビニが日本人を変えてゆく！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 29 | 19960211 | Radical new TV program exploits new shamelessness | Shukan Asahi | 2/16 | 「ねる様の踏み絵」ヒンシュク度 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 30 | 19960211 | Sexy red 'codfish' lips the rage for plastic surgery | Shukan Jitsuwa | 2/15 | ピラニアが群がる整形タラコ唇 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 31 | 19960218 | Endless intercourse on the pill(Why, Shukan Yomiuri wonders, does the health ministry dive for cover when asked what's behind the pending removal of the ban on the pill? Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 32 | 19960218 | Mutilation murders point to more psycho-killings | Sunday Mainichi | 2/25 | 激増！バラバラ殺人「日本Ｘ-ファイル」を解く | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 33 | 19960218 | More career women are giving birth in their 40s | Shukan Asahi | 2/23 | 「キャリア女は４０代で産め」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 34 | 19960218 | What's behind the booming popularity of a new classified ad magazine? | Weekly Playboy | 2/27 | 「ご連絡待ってま～す?」な人々 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 35 | 19960218 | Matchmaking service finds Caucasian men for Japanese career women | Shukan Gendai | 2/24 | 白人専門結婚紹介所にキャリア・ウーマンたちが殺到する理由 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 36 | 19960225 | Pampering parents(Fond fathers, doting mothers. Parenthood, says Spa!, makes fools of us all. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 37 | 19960225 | Computer hackers have NIFTY-Serve on the hop | Focus | 2/28 | 「高校生ハッカー」年収１０００万円 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 38 | 19960225 | Shiso, herb tea the latest remedies for hay fever | Dime | 3/7 | 「花粉症」対策最前線 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 39 | 19960225 | Pretentious kura-baka big on talk, small on action | Spa! | 2/28 | 「クラバカ」たちの過剰なる選民意識 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 40 | 19960225 | Hey men, don't get ripped off by the foreskin frauds! | Aera | 2/26 | 包茎商法に騙されるな | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 41 | 19960303 | Scary Science(Michael Hoffman reviews Panja's performance of 'Science and Horror' - a frightening true story of asteroids, chemicals, germs, fish and children.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 42 | 19960303 | School turns blind eye to beatings, sexual harassment | Shukan Asahi | 3/8 | 「体罰４０発」教師がしていた教室内セクハラ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 43 | 19960303 | Got a death wish? Why not try snowboarding? | Views | April | スノーボードが危ない | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 44 | 19960303 | Lack of sexual passion characterizes salsa boom | Aera | 3/4 | 畳の上でサルサ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 45 | 19960303 | Swindler preys on gullible Japanese women in London | Shukan Bunsyun | 3/7 | 日本人美女留学生３０人を食い物にしたロンドンのスケこまし | HW(Hirowaki Wada) |
| 46 | 19960310 | Suicidal subculture(From how-to manuals, to organized meetings, Aera discovers a bizarre underground following. Michael Hoffman reports. | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 47 | 19960310 | Protesting the fact that people no longer protest | Spa! | 3/13 | 「反対」の弱体化にハンタイ！ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 48 | 19960310 | Touring the living quarters of Tokyo's 'homeless' | Panja | April | 家なき人の憩いの家を訪問 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 49 | 19960310 | Go west young man - and don't forget your lipstick! | Focus | 3/6 | 私キレイ？大阪で変身「新幹線女装族」とは | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 50 | 19960310 | Rent a rapist, bugger a corpse…it's a sick world! | Shukan Post | 3/15 | 「性犯罪本」から「痴漢マニュアル誌」まで出るSEX世紀末驚き事情 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 51 | 19960317 | The Great Club Robbery(Crime here by foreigner used to be mostly pocket-picking and petty theft. Does an Asian gang's audacious Feb.29 shakedown of a posh Ginza nightclub point to a major escalation? Mark Schreiber reports.) | - | - | - | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 52 | 19960317 | Is it safe to assume herb medicines are risk-free? | Shukan Yomiuri | 3/24 | こんなにある〝漢方薬の副作用〟 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 53 | 19960317 | Will deregulation deal barber shops a fatal blow? | Shukan Asahi | 3/22 | 床屋さんvs．美容院の攻防「キムタク頭」をつかまえる | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 54 | 19960317 | Can love potions save sex-starved couples? | Da Capo | 3/20 | 媚薬はセックスレス夫婦を救うことができるか | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 55 | 19960317 | Getting married? Why not rent your guests? | Aera | 3/18 | 新郎新婦以外レンタル時代 | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 56 | 19960324 | Did the sentences fit the crime?(From outrage at their harshness, to fury at their leniency, the sentences recently handed down in the rape of an Okinawan school girl, says Shukan Bunshun, drew mixed reactions. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 57 | 19960324 | If you had surgery between 1982-87, get an AIDS test | Shukan Bunshun | 3/28 | 薬害エイズは血友病患者だけではない | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 58 | 19960324 | Spa! Generation anything but foot loose and fancy free | Spa! | 3/20 | 踊らぬアホウから見た「ダンスブーム」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 59 | 19960324 | Will wonder drug put the beauty back in your sleep? | Aera | 3/25 | 若返り薬メラトニンは本当に効くのか？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 60 | 19960324 | Look out men, Japanese Barbies pack a punch! | Panja | April | 「暴力女」急増の謎 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 61 | 19960331 | Cute junkies(Weekly Playboy snorts that high-school girls are trading tea parties for drug parties. Michael Hoffman deals us the facts.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 62 | 19960331 | AUM members finding it hard to blend back in with society | Shukan Gendai | 4/6 | 強制捜査から１年「第６サティアン」で暮らすオウム信者たち | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 63 | 19960331 | The last sumo tournament stunk of rigged bouts | Shukan Post | 4/5 | 「まだやっている！」大阪場所腐敗力士の名 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 64 | 19960331 | How easy is it to manipulate Japanese press reporters? | Views | May | 「新聞記者はこう扱え」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 65 | 19960331 | Declare bankruptcy and win anew lease on life | Shukan Yomiuri | 4/7 | 「自己破産」意外にラクな生活 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 66 | 19960407 | Stone the crows!!(But watch out, they may stone you back! Aera claims the pesky birds that everyone loves to hate are as smart as primitive man. Michael Hoffman cawments.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 67 | 19960407 | Is Dentsu really to blame for suicide of employee? | Shukan Shincho | 4/11 | 自殺するまで働かせたと「一億二千万払え」の判決で「電通」控訴の真相 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 68 | 19960407 | Die-hard users finding beepers still ring true | Aera | 4/8 | 携帯電話に負けないポケベル需要 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 69 | 19960407 | What's behind the success of music producer Komuro? | Spa! | 4/3 | 小室哲哉ブランドのからくり | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 70 | 19960407 | Gucci, Chanel: Teen-age princesses' best friends | Shukan Asahi | 4/12 | 女子中高生のシャネル・グッチ ゲット作戦 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 71 | 19960421 | Water wars(Despite a pending worldwide shortage, Japan still takes its water supply for granted argues Weekly Playboy. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 72 | 19960421 | Politics prevent Akebono from wedding sweetheart | Shukan Post | 4/26 | 「曙と相原勇」を阻む「角界政略結婚」の欲ボケ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 73 | 19960421 | Hard up for cash? Here's a few ways to strike it rich | Shukan Gendai | 4/27 | 楽して金が儲かるBIGアイデア７ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 74 | 19960421 | The extravagant lifestyles of Tokyo's indebted daughters | Spa! | 4/24 | 「借金娘」の優雅な日常 | GB(Geoff Botting) |
| 75 | 19960421 | The scary, seamy side of life in a Chiba 'bedtown' | Shukan Jitsuwa | 4/25 | 射殺、刺殺、抗争、心中で揺らぐ新興住宅地の住民 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 76 | 19960428 | ‘Honne' history(Weekly Playboy digs into the past and discovers that archaeology is not so bad after all. Michael Hoffman explains.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 77 | 19960428 | Are condom-makers trying too hard to rise to the occasion? | Shukan Gendai | 5/11 | 日本製コンドームでは「エイズ」も「妊娠」も防げない！ | HW(Hirowaki Wada) |
| 78 | 19960428 | TBS dupes viewers of psychic-skeptic duel | Shukan Asahi | 5/3 | 「大ウソ」超能力番組 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 79 | 19960428 | Where have the kunsho candidates gone? | Sunday Mainichi | 5/5 | 「春の叙勲」から外された大物たちのメンツ | GB(Geoff Botting) |
| 80 | 19960428 | The sudden mutation of the Japanese species | Panja | May | 日本人類「突然変異」の証明 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 81 | 19960505 | Rites of spring(Will baishun, or ‘selling spring' - as prostitution is referred to here - ever be the same again? Da Capo examines some of this season's trend in Japan's sex industry. Michael Hoffman explains.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 82 | 19960505 | Paranormal research gets some academic respect | Shukan Hoseki | 5/16 | 「超能力」はハイテクで実証できる！? | - |
| 83 | 19960505 | Schoolgirl entrepreneurs sell more than used clothes | Shukan Bunsyun | 5/2 | 女子高生の凄まじい生態 | GB(Geoff Botting) |
| 84 | 19960505 | Two experts guess where the next Kobe will be | Shukan Yomiuri | 5/12-19 | ２権威が警告する「神戸」の次はここだ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 85 | 19960505 | ‘Too many ' coeds cause upheaval at one university | Aera | 5/6-13 | 女子学生が多すぎる東京外国語大学解体論 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 86 | 19960512 | Believe it or not(Aera is convinced that education is no umbrella against the occult shower. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 87 | 19960512 | Hashimoto increasingly venting anger at reporters | Shukan Hoseki | 5/23 | 橋龍の官邸番記者いじめ激化！ | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 88 | 19960512 | Cash-strapped North Korea laundering bogus $100 bills | Shukan Bunsyun | 5/16 | 金正日が操る「スーパーＫ」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 89 | 19960512 | Photo-crazy girls capture golden teens on film | Spa! | 5/15 | 撮りたがる少女たち | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 90 | 19960512 | Hokkaido ladies voice woes over 'sexless' marriages | Bart | 5/13 | 妻たちが誌上で告発する セックスレスの男たちとの生活 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 91 | 19960519 | Changing Criminals(From the cold-blooded murder of 3 female supermarket clerks at Hachioji to the Matsumoto sarin attack, Panja warms Japanese criminals no longer fit old models.Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 92 | 19960519 | Who on earth is out to sabotage Japan Railways? | Shukan Asahi | 5/24 | ＪＲ東日本で続発する運行妨害事件の怪 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 93 | 19960519 | Pachinko addicts risk losing more than cash | Shukan Yomiuri | 5/26 | 「依存症」の恐怖 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 94 | 19960519 | Warning: If you don't make love, your body will rot! | Weekly Playboy | 5/28 | Hしないとキミの体は壊れる！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 95 | 19960519 | Calling it quits after one year: The 'Ramen Divorce' | Aera | 5/20 | 夫が理解できないラーメン離婚 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 96 | 19960526 | Unwanted advances(While attempting to define sexual harassment, Sunday Mainichi also reminds us that the victims aren't always women.Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 97 | 19960526 | Out-of-work female grads making it in 'Hollywood' | Shukan Shincho | 5/30 | 銀座キャバレーに就職した女子大生 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 98 | 19960526 | You too can eat like a pig and still lose weight …sorta | Shukan Asahi | 5/31 | 「ブックス・ダイエット」って何！！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 99 | 19960526 | Should presidents resign over company scandals? | Spa! | 5/22 | 社長は本当に「責任」が取れるのか？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 100 | 19960526 | Better see a doctor - STDs are spreading like wildfire! | Aera | 5/27 | 性感染症は今や国民病だ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 101 | 19960602 | Booked solid(Da Vinci offers a new defense of that endangered species, the book - don't go courting without it.Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 102 | 19960602 | Girls, teachers and the decline of social decency | Sunday Mainichi | 6/9 | 大学教授も女子高生も「性紀末ニッポン」の風俗壊乱 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 103 | 19960602 | Going to a concert? Don't forget your laptop | Spa! | 5/29 | 謎の[プレ・アイドル]愛好者たち | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 104 | 19960602 | Green thumbs sprouting among younger women | Aera | 6/3 | 緑にハマッた人たち | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 105 | 19960602 | Japan's junior high-schcool students are running amok | Shukan Gendai | 6/8 | 「荒れる中学生」たちの事件簿 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 106 | 19960616 | What makes you angry?(We know, the list is endless, but Da Capo narrows it down to the actions of other people - bosses, spouses and teen-agers on trains.Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 107 | 19960616 | Astonishing but true, Japan's not expensive! | Toyo Keizai | 6/15 | 日本の物価は高くない | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 108 | 19960616 | Are manga readers fools or sophisticated intellectuals? | Da Vinci | July | マンガ読者はバカなのか？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 109 | 19960616 | Who needs marriage ＆ sex when there are sperm banks? | Shukan Hoseki | 6/20 | 優秀な精子に群がる独身女性の子ダネ事情 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 110 | 19960616 | Super-cool high-school 'peacocks' a breed apart | Aera | 6/10 | 男を捨てた孔雀世代 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 111 | 19960623 | Veggie assembly line(Views argues that the advent of vegetable factories is leading to high-tech malnutrition. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 112 | 19960623 | Don't depend on airbags to save you in a crash | Shukan Shincho | 6/27 | 米国で崩れ始めたエアバッグの安全神話 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 113 | 19960623 | Reset Generation' quick to wipe the slate clean | Spa! | 6/19 | リセット世代その奇妙なる[自信過剰] | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 114 | 19960623 | Women getting a kick out of martial arts craze | Aera | 6/24 | 男を殴る快感 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 115 | 19960623 | Flasher's ubiquitous schlong leaves NHK red-faced | Shukan Asahi | 6/28 | NHK「に流れた男のイチモツ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 116 | 19960630 | Media fascism(The 21 seeks out professors, writers, musicians and lawyers to offer ways to defeat the idiocy society imposes on the individual. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 117 | 19960630 | Multisales schemes take aim at vulnerable young | Shukan Playboy | 7/9 | 若者を狙うニュー・マルチ商法に気をつけろ！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 118 | 19960630 | Osaka man stiffs family restaurant big time! | Asahi Geino | 7/4 | 無銭飲食オッチャンの大トラ１７時間 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 119 | 19960630 | Ladies comics reflecting repressed sexual desires | Shukan Gendai | 7/6 | 激増するレイプ＆ＳＭ願望症候群の女たち | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 120 | 19960630 | Sexual harassment rampant on office computers | Shukan Hoseki | 7/4 | パソコンセクハラのあきれた実態 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 121 | 19960707 | A sympathetic ear(Cosmopolitan counselors soothe the souls of a self-pitying bunch. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 122 | 19960707 | Gangs of larcenous Iranians 'ram-raiding' Tokyo at will | Shukan Asahi | 7/12 | 首都圏を荒らす外国人窃盗団 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 123 | 19960707 | Brand-name shopping back bigger than ever | Aera | 7/8 | 転んでも買いたい超ブランドブーム | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 124 | 19960707 | Keeping up with the latest high-school slang ain't easy | Flash | 7/16 | コギャル用語の基礎知識 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 125 | 19960707 | Hookers find new condoms more than a mouthful | Shukan Taisyu | 7/15 | フェラ専用スキン改良型が風俗店で大評判 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 126 | 19960721 | Screw the company(Aera dedicates a special issue to the millions of middle-aged 'salarymen' whose past sacrifices weigh minimally in the balance against their present expendability. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 127 | 19960721 | Stolen Japanese tractors unearthed in Vietnam | Shukan Asahi | 7/19 | ベトナム・ドロボー一族が狙う「畑のお宝」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 128 | 19960721 | Stock up on instant noodles, there's a food crisis looming | Shukan Asahi | 7/26 | タマゴや肉の暴騰説も飛び出す超食糧危機日本直撃のシナリオ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 129 | 19960721 | Marauding teens milking sauced 'salarymen' | Asahi Geino | 7/25 | 悪ガキどもの凶悪「オヤジ狩り」をブッ飛ばせ！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 130 | 19960721 | Rapist on the prowl in Tokyo's first-class hotels | Shukan Jitsuwa | 7/25 | 女性宿泊客を狙う一流ホテルのレイプ事件多発 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 131 | 19960728 | Homeless drift(Aera discovers myriad variations and gradations of class and personality among Tokyo's homeless. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 132 | 19960728 | Authorities try to get a grip on condom-shaped balloons | Weekly Playboy | 8/6 | コンドーム製〈怪気球〉の謎を追え！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 133 | 19960728 | New breed of entrepreneurs show how to make bucks | Bart | 7/22 | ２０代ベンチャー成功の法則 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 134 | 19960728 | Hi, how are you doing? OK, but I'm really busy | Spa! | 7/24 | 職業別[忙しさ]グランプリ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 135 | 19960728 | Cellular phone proving deadly in driver's hands | Shukan Hoseki | 8/8 | 携帯電話で交通事故が激増の医学的論拠 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 136 | 19960804 | Ghostly Japan(Turn a society upside down, and its ghosts turn with it, Weekly Playboy finds. Today's ghosts turn up in the damnedest places, with the damnedest things on their haunted minds. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 137 | 19960804 | Company freshman tell superiors: Go easy on us! | Shukan Gendai | 8/10 | 新入社員からオジさんたちへ「ぼくたちとはこう付き合ってください」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 138 | 19960804 | Senior high-school boys choose to let it all hang out | Shukan Asahi | 8/9 | 君たち、なぜパンチラをするんだ！！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 139 | 19960804 | Are young women really abandoning their panties? | Weekly Playboy | 8/13 | 暑！ノーパン・ギャル急増中！？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 140 | 19960804 | Theme park business riding wave of success | Toyo Keizai | 8/3 | 「遊び心」が客を集める | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 141 | 19960818 | Pachinko madness(Shukan Asahi introduces housewives tumbling into the world of pachinko addiction. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 142 | 19960818 | MPD's new 'Smiley Club' nothing to laugh about | Shukan Hoseki | 8/22-29 | 発見！警視庁が極秘に作った謎の調査集団「ニコニコクラブ」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 143 | 19960818 | Who says ya can't get any bargains in this country? | Shukan Asahi | 8/16-23 | 全国商品別激安地帯をゆく | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 144 | 19960818 | Mainlanders warming to laid-back life on Okinawa | Da Vinci | September | 沖縄の幸福生活 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 145 | 19960818 | Japanese tourists still flocking overseas in droves | Shukan Shincho | 8/8 | 今夏三百三十三万人の海外旅行者の「職業別」内わけ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 146 | 19960825 | For love of country(An Aera poll reveals that the Olympics has led to a resurgence in nationalism, well sorta…Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 147 | 19960825 | Koshien still inspires blood, sweat, tears, but who cares? | Bungei Shunju | September | スターが消えた甲子園 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 148 | 19960825 | O-157 bacteria outbreak just the tip of the iceberg | Shukan Hoseki | 8/22-29 | 地球温暖化で病原体が大増殖している！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 149 | 19960825 | I'm sorry, it was all a misunderstanding! | Da Capo! | 8/21 | 誤解されやすい人 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 150 | 19960825 | Finding it too hot to sleep? Insomnia may kill you! | Shukan Yomiuri | 9/1 | 「暑くて、眠れない」は命取りになる | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 151 | 19960901 | Entrepreneurial pimps(Tokudane reveals how moneylenders easily exploit prostitutes in debt. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 152 | 19960901 | Dirty old gropers on trains not as old as you think | Shukan Hoseki | 9/5 | 痴漢に走る通勤サラリーマン激増の裏事情 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 153 | 19960901 | Would you line up just to buy a pair of Nike shoes? | Shukan Asahi | 8/30 | NIKEのスニーカーに狂奔する若者たち | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 154 | 19960901 | More people choosing to die cheaply, quietly | Aera | 9/2 | 有名人が「ひっそり死」を選ぶ理由 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 155 | 19960901 | Ehime police reward offer draws sharp criticism | Shukan Yomiuri | 9/8 | 愛媛県警有力情報に100万円は日本をチクリにすう | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 156 | 19960908 | Sitting ducks(For Japan's wealthy and naive, Sunday Mainichi offers 10 tips to minimize the risks of traveling overseas. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 157 | 19960908 | Cactus women' surviving on convenience store diet | Aera | 9/9 | サボテン女の生態 コンビニ依存の主婦が増えている | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 158 | 19960908 | Unusual businesses ensure pets don't get a dog's life | Shukan Hoseki | 9/12 | ペットという家族の現代 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 159 | 19960908 | New 'dirty look' soiling young men's clean image | Spa! | 9/11 | 若者たちの清潔感 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 160 | 19960908 | Thais in suitcases, bungee suicides and other strange happenings over summer | Shukann Bunsyun | 9/5 | 真夏の怪事件 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 161 | 19960915 | Hooker haven(A whole island full of whores? Really? Sapio sent avant-garde writer/TV producer Terry Ito to Mie to investigate, and the media maven confirmed it to be the 'Galapagos Island' of prostitution. But, as Mark Schreiber reports, the world's oldes | - | - | - | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 162 | 19960915 | Yakiniku industry burned by E.coli bacteria hubbub | Spa! | 9/18 | ガンバレ焼肉屋 | NW(Nathan Wetby) |
| 163 | 19960915 | SDF expert believes O-157 outbreak an act of terrorism | Shukan Hoseki | 9/19 | 自衛隊の元幹部専門家が指摘！「O-157は細菌」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 164 | 19960915 | Marry a beautiful woman and face an early death | Shukan Asahi | 9/20 | 「美人妻を持つと12年早く死ぬ」ホント？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 165 | 19960915 | Strange orgasms:40-year veteran thief looks back | Focus | 9/11 | 窃盗で6億稼いだ「大泥棒」 | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 166 | 19960922 | Here, there or everywhere(Ever since Plato mentioned it, says Borderland, thinkers have been scratching their heads over the lost continent of Atlantis. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 167 | 19960922 | Fraudulent pet stores biting perspective owners | Shukan Playboy | 10/1 | 犬・猫・ 使い捨て国家ニッポンの悲惨 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 168 | 19960922 | Manga madness: Who needs kanji reading anyhow? | Shukan Hoseki | 9/26 | 突然ふりがなだらけに．．．朝日新聞 「４コママンガ」に異論反論 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 169 | 19960922 | Behind the mask: What you see ain't what you get | Spa! | 9/25 | 「仮面族」が考える都合のいい野望 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 170 | 19960922 | Women glancing over their shoulders in feat of stalkers | Sunday Mainichi | 9/29 | 知的美人をつけ狙うストーカーの恐怖 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 171 | 19960929 | Do you know where your daughter is?(Sapio's Yumi Yamashita hits the streets of Shibuya to talk with some street-wise high school girls. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 172 | 19960929 | Mac attack: Burger giant gobbling up competition | Aera | 9/30 | マクドナルド安さ独壇場 ハンバーガー最終体力戦争 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 173 | 19960929 | Frightening new diseases could drive you to suicide | Flash | 10/8 | 新・新人類を蝕む退化病の恐怖 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 174 | 19960929 | Cool monks turn to koalas, Harleys to spread the word | Shukan Hoseki | 10/3 | ユニーク寺の個性派住職 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 175 | 19960929 | Hair today, gone tomorrow: Eggheads try not to crack | Shukan Asahi | 10/4 | 「愛はハゲに勝つ」ってホント？ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 176 | 19961006 | Kiddy kidnapping(Weekly Playboy warns of a growing international demand for Japanese children. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 177 | 19961006 | High-voltage power cables zapping drivers' brains | Friday | 10/11 | 「高圧送電線下で交通事故が多発する」怪現象 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 178 | 19961006 | Major airlines ground 'hair nude' mags for good | Shukan Jitsuwa | 10/10 | ヌード誌を締め出し「社会派」に転向、航空3社 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 179 | 19961006 | TV world's 'ideal brides' an endangered species | Spa! | 10/2 | 絶滅寸前「お嫁さんにしたい芸能人」ベスト10 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 180 | 19961006 | Osaka thieves giving Nike Shoes a run for their money | Shukan Yomiuri | 10/13 | 「エアマックス」超人気のナゼ？ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 181 | 19961020 | More frightening than O-157(Aera traces shrapnel from the economic bubble explosion and how it has scarred society. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 182 | 19961020 | Do exchange groups swap more than just name cards? | Spa! | 10/16 | 「異業種交流会のいま」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 183 | 19961020 | Computer date desperados can't get no satisfaction | Shukan Hoseki | 10/31 | 倒産「アルトマン」元コンサルタントが明かす「いまどきの結婚」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 184 | 19961020 | Computer illiterates flop in bid to tame wild mouse | Shukan Asahi | 10/18 | 買ったけど使えない「パソコン難民」の悲鳴と救済ビジネス | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 185 | 19961020 | It's a Sony: Host new novel has tongues wagging | Shukan Jitsuwa | 10/31 | 暴露小説にされたソニーの歴代社説 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 186 | 19961027 | Collapsed cosmos(From Shinjuku' homeless to sex change operations, Da Capo recaps a few of the hot topics of the last few years. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 187 | 19961027 | Phones sold from vending machines? What next? | Shukan Bunshun | 10/31 | 自販機も登場・PHS投げ売りの仕組み | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 188 | 19961027 | What's it take to fill up condoms, bottles and cups? | Spa! | 10/23 | 日用品の「サイズの根拠」大調査 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 189 | 19961027 | In life and death, new firms help singles rest in peace | Aera | 10/21 | 「死後」を決めればシングルも安心 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 190 | 19961027 | Nervous nation takes cover behind bullet-proof vests | Shukan Hoseki | 11/7-14 | 不安ビジネスの大繁盛が物語る世紀末日本の凶悪度 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 191 | 19961103 | Pushed to the limits(Aera warms that the postwar education system is collapsing and its teachers cracking. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 192 | 19961103 | Youth's harakiri death rips into the hearts of foreigners | Shukan Taisyu | 11/11 | 外国人たちが目をむいた16歳少年のハラキリ自殺！！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 193 | 19961103 | Students bullying schools with threats of suicide | Weekly Playboy | 11/12 | 日本全国に広がる「自殺予告」症候群の謎 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 194 | 19961103 | Horny retirees dumps wives in pursuit of lost youth | Aera | 11/4 | 恋に狂う定年オジサンたち | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 195 | 19961103 | Foreigners help teens see worms in their rice bowls | Shukan Post | 11/8 | イラン人が支配する「闇のドラッグ帝国」にスクープ潜入 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 196 | 19961117 | Historical hatred(Is it all in the genes? Is streets sniffing out victims? Maybe says Da Vinci. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 197 | 19961117 | What's a woman gotta do to win over a married man? | Sunday Mainichi | 11/17 | あなたが見逃しているOL「不倫OK」のサイン | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 198 | 19961117 | Lip service: Smoothies spin a line for every occasion | Spa! | 11/13 | 平成版「殺し文句」の研究 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 199 | 19961117 | TV on the blink again? Why not give it a wash | Shukan Yomiuri | 11/17 | テレビは水洗いしろ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 200 | 19961117 | If they don't kill themselves, try working 'em to death | Diamond | 11/16 | 過労死と自殺、長時間労働に殺されるビジネスマンたち | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 201 | 19961124 | Convenience virus(Bart wakes up to find convenience stores taking over the country. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 202 | 19961124 | Weaker yen a pain in the pocket for horny old men | Shukan Bunshun | 11/21 | ブランド物値上げで「援助交際費」も便乗値上げ中！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 203 | 19961124 | Counselors can't say no to raunchy phone sex addicts | Shukan Bunshun | 11/21 | テレホンセックスに悪用される「いのちの電話」の真面目な悩み | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 204 | 19961124 | Western women left dry in Tokyo's love desert | Weekly Playboy | 12/3 | 「洋ギャル」 と仲良くなる法 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 205 | 19961124 | Businesses hung up over new caller-ID telephones | Shukan Asahi | 11/29 | 「電話の革命」番号表示サービスで喜ぶ人困る人 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 206 | 19961201 | Here comes tomorrow(Da Capo guides readers toward the millenium with tales of hormone juices and sex. Michael Hoffman reports that shock therapy may be required.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 207 | 19961201 | Just in time for Xmas-this year's hit products | Nikkei Trendy | December | 96年ヒット商品ベスト30 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 208 | 19961201 | Garbage bags a treasure chest for privacy peepers | Spa! | 11/27 | あなたの知らないごみのお話 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 209 | 19961201 | Hitchhiking scam a hard act to follow for comedy duo | Asahi Geino | 12/5 | 猿岩石「やらせ貧乏旅行」 と 「意外過去」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 210 | 19961201 | Take those New Year's cards and shove'em! | Shukan Bunshun | 11/28 | 「もう年賀状なんかやめちまえ」各界著名人がブチまける | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 211 | 19961208 | Flushed down the toilet(Shukan Diamond searches for the trillions of yen squandered on botched mega-projects. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 212 | 19961208 | Beep beep: Why don't we do it on the phone? | Spa! | 12/4 | デジタル時代のナンパ革命始まる！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 213 | 19961208 | More young women blowing smoke in face of society | Aera | 12/9 | 外へ出ればスパァー 女性の街角喫煙派・激増の理由 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 214 | 19961208 | How to avoid the boot after the year-end booze up | Shukan Jitsuwa | 12/12 | 忘年会で「会社を辞めさせられた」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 215 | 19961208 | Fired up lawyer tries to put the brakes on speed traps | Shukan Asahi | 12/6 | 「スピード違反無罪論」裁判の共感度 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 216 | 19961222 | She's not my mother!(Aera reveals that adopting the in-law is no bed of roses for the wife of the oldest son. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 217 | 19961222 | People in Kansai really will do anything for a buck | Spa! | 12/11 | 「関西流ビジネス」が日本を救う | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 218 | 19961222 | Crude politician leaves a trail of urine in his wake | Shukan Yomiuri | 12/29 | 新幹線で最低マナーの大物政治家 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 219 | 19961222 | Saving the ozone layer can make you sterile! | Shukan Hoseki | 12/19 | オゾン層を守ったら今度は精子が危ない！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 220 | 19961222 | Highwayman taking rest facility users for a ride | Bart | 1/1-13 | 高速道P・Aが危ない！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 221 | 19961229 | A wet Year of the Rat(With 1996 practically, Michael Hoffman takes us through the pages of Spa and into the lives of some ordinary folks who seem more than happy to bid the Rat good riddance.) | - | - | - | - |
| 222 | 19961229 | For new-wave travelers, reality's the thing | Spa! | 12/18 | SPA世代[海外放浪ヤロー]の人生設計 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 223 | 19961229 | Nowhere to run: Baby-boom fathers a bust | Aera | 12-30/1-6 | 父と子 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 224 | 19961229 | Kansai cat mafia terrorizing pet owners, animal lovers | Shukan Asahi | 12/20 | 関西で猛威をふるう恐怖のネコ狩りマフィア | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 225 | 19961229 | Stablemaster's wife takes young rikishi for a ride | Shukan Post | 1/1-3 | 『ボクはかみさんのSEX処理係だった』 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
