| 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 | 19980111 | Foreign hookers earn booty from 'tour of duty' | Shukan Jitsuwa | 1/8-15 | 強制送還の外国人出稼ぎ女性のいま | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 2 | 19980111 | Easy guide to having good time in Nagano | Flash | 1/20 | 美人が呼んでる！そうだ、長野へ行こう！！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 3 | 19980111 | Stranded expats finding when it rains, it pours | Shukan Hoseki | 1/22 | 海外残留サラリーマンの「越冬」事情 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 4 | 19980111 | Prudish police target porno rags at convenience stores | Nikkan Sports | 12/28 | コンビニから消える？有害図書リストに25誌 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 5 | 19980111 | Land of the sinking sun(If you thought 1997 was the pits, you better brace yourself, Shukan Gendai predicts gloom and doom for the year ahead. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 6 | 19980118 | Don't head for the hills! Mt.Fuji is set to blow! | Shukan Yomiur | 1/25 | 富士山「低周波地震」の不気味 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 7 | 19980118 | Today's hardened men prefer yesterday's nudes | Shukan Bunshun | 1/15 | 鰐淵晴子のハダカが一番高い！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 8 | 19980118 | Soccer fans cry foul over World Cup ticket prices | Shukan Post | 1/23 | 「暴騰チケット」のカラクリはこうだ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 9 | 19980118 | New 7-digit postal code gets the big thumbs down | Shukan Taishu | 1/26 | 新・郵便番号に嵐のブーイング大合唱 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 10 | 19980118 | Nature's sex-change(Man-made chemicals are putting animals through something that nature never prepared them for, says Shukan Asahi. And the mutations may be passing all the way up the food chain. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 11 | 19980125 | Nagano's foreign workers sent home without a modal | Shukan Hoseki | 1/29 | 長野五輪直前！発見した外国人労働者『使い捨て』事件 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 12 | 19980125 | Today's young women will never fall flat on their faces | Spa! | 1/21 | 女性は本当に巨乳になったのか？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 13 | 19980125 | Workers set to rock around the clock with 24-hour ATMs | Shukan Hoseki | 1/29 | 銀行ATM時間OKでサラリマンの夜はこう変わる！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 14 | 19980125 | Victims of spiked drinks face rude awakening | Shukan Taishu | 2/2 | 続発「睡眠薬犯罪」恐怖の全手口 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 15 | 19980125 | Drawing the line(Shukan Asahi probes the grey area between bribing and entertaining bureaucrats. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 16 | 19980201 | More men going belly up amid raunchy roll in the hay | Takarajima | 2/4 | 激増する30代の「腹上死」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 17 | 19980201 | Hookers give new condoms the big kiss of approval | Shukan Post | 2/6 | 「ハイテク・コンドーム」の驚異 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 18 | 19980201 | Horney housewives surfing the Net for recreational sex | Shukan Hoseki | 2/5 | インターネット不倫に耽る人妻たちの昼下がり！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 19 | 19980201 | New technology shapes women up, leaves men limp | Shukan Jitsuwa | 2/5 | この「流行」でオンナの体が危ない | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 20 | 19980201 | Privacy peepers(Big Brother is watching, says Shukan Hoseki, and remembers everything - for a price. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 21 | 19980208 | Cosmetic surgery on virile member comes at stiff price | Sunday Mainichi | 2/15 | 包茎手術医の「化けの皮」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 22 | 19980208 | Brains or brawn - women split over choice of genes | Da Vinci | Feburuary 1998 | 「遺伝子欲しいランキング」女が産みたいのはいったい誰の子？ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 23 | 19980208 | More men learn you're never too old to tickle the ivories | Aera | 2/9 | 弾ける男になりたい | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 24 | 19980208 | From pistols to nuclear bombs, the Net has it all | Shukan Jitsuwa | 2/12 | 警察もお手上げインターネット「拳銃売買」の無法 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 25 | 19980208 | Footsteps in the night(Stalkers running rampant, cries Da Capo, and the victims aren't always women. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 26 | 19980215 | Aggro students have teachers running scared | Shukan Bunshun | 2/12 | 「私も生徒に襲われた！」現場教師30人の悲鳴 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 27 | 19980215 | See-no-evil karaoke boxes keep customers coming | Shukan Hoseki | 2/19 | 夜ごと繰り返される性の饗宴 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 28 | 19980215 | Residents from overseas living high on the hog | Dime | 2/19 | 在日外国人、知られざる生活水準 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 29 | 19980215 | Nagano's red-light areas face Olympic blackout | Shukan Playboy | 2/24 | 長野五輪番外編「夜の金メダル」候補を探せ！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 30 | 19980215 | Tasty treats(Shukan Shincho takes us out to dinner at a no-pan shabu shabu restaurant with the boys from the Ministry of Finance. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 31 | 19980222 | Tall gals finding pint-size guys a barrel of fun | Aera | 2/23 | 彼氏の背低くて何が悪い | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 32 | 19980222 | Young studs showing older women a real good time | Shukan Hoseki | 2/26 | 逆援助交際に走るOL＆人妻の奔放セックス！ | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 33 | 19980222 | Overpriced ryokan need to get with the times | Shukan Shincho | 2/29 | 高い不味いうるさいで有名温泉観光ホテル「軒並み倒産」 | TI(Takeshi Ito) |
| 34 | 19980222 | Business world warming to 'Print Club' craze | Shukan Taishu | 3/2 | 中年族にマン延し始めたプリクラ症候群の不気味 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 35 | 19980222 | Back from the dead(Public apathy, says Shukan Shincho, is opening the door for an AUM Shinrikyo revival. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 36 | 19980301 | What not to give your favorite lady on 'white Day' | Dime | 3/5 | ホワイトデーに欲しくないもの ワースト5 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 37 | 19980301 | Foreigners leap to gold at Nagano's Olympics | Shukan Taishu | 3/6 | マスコミが報道しなかった長野五輪 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 38 | 19980301 | Sugar, spice and all things nice behind teen crimes | Shukan Hoseki | 3/12 | 突然「キレル」事件が日常茶飯事だ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 39 | 19980301 | Hard times leave both NOVA, students seeing red | Asahi geino | 3/5 | 英会話NOVA「セックス怪文書」まで飛び出す「ゴタゴタ窮状」！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 40 | 19980301 | Bear to be told?(With one Japanese in four dying of cancer, Aera asks whether it's better to inform terminally ill patients, or leave them in blissful ignorance? Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 41 | 19980308 | Seaman's encounter with cute 'New Half' proves fatal | Shukan Gendai | 3/14 | 自衛官殺し「巨乳ニューハーフ」の妖艶写真 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 42 | 19980308 | Bearing the unbearable causing stress overload | Shukan Jitsuwa | 3/16 | 超ストレス職業のギョーテン告白 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 43 | 19980308 | Instant noodles draining young men's sex drive | Shukan Taishu | 3/16 | カップ麺とタネナシ男の危ない関係 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 44 | 19980308 | Skin is nothing new on today's TV flics | Shukan Bunshun | 3/5 | 性愛シーンが中学生を汚染する | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 45 | 19980308 | School of hard knocks(Physical abuse, claims Shukan Asahi, has the nation's teachers stretched breaking point. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 46 | 19980315 | Home bunnies ensure virtual peep shows a hit | Shukan Hoseki | 3/19 | 自宅で「裸を見せたがる女」急増の「なぜ」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 47 | 19980315 | High school drug users speeding out of control | Shukan Post | 3/20 | 覚醒剤は「教室で毎日のように売買」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 48 | 19980315 | Transvestites cleverly hide their tricks of the trade | Shukan Taishu | 3/23 | 美貌オカマと上手に付き合う | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 49 | 19980315 | Take your noise and shove it - but quietly please! | Aera | 3/16 | 音漬け社会 私はイラつく。 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 50 | 19980315 | What recession?(Da Capo introduces us to a group of supersellers who defy reports of economic doom and gloom. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 51 | 19980322 | Student card goes a long way with foreign hookers | Shukan Hoseki | 3/26 | 中学生たちが「外国人娼婦」買い漁ってる | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 52 | 19980322 | Computerized exchange leaving floor traders lonely | Flash | 3/24 | 日本経済の繁栄の象徴だった。 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 53 | 19980322 | Dodgy dog chow might be poisoning your pooch | Shukan Bunshun | 3/26 | 愛犬がドッグフードに殺される | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 54 | 19980322 | 10 sure signs you're working aboard Titanic K.K. | Shukan Taishu | 3/30 | これが会社倒産の「初期症状」だ！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 55 | 19980322 | Fightin' back(Aera advises women who feel they're an easy target for attackers to learn the art of self-defense. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 56 | 19980329 | New novel blows lid on Japan's secret war plans | Shukan Gendai | 4/4 | 「宣戦布告」が暴いた「漏れてはいけない国家機密」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 57 | 19980329 | Foreign pickpockets using wily ways to vex victims | Shukan Taishu | 4/6 | 外国人スリ集団の凶悪手口 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 58 | 19980329 | Working girls let managers get ahead if they're kind | Shukan Gendai | 4/4 | OL200人 － 私が抱かれたい課長 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 59 | 19980329 | Better off dead, than unwed, say desperate hubby hunters | Spa! | 4/1 | 「このままじゃ結婚できない」恐怖症 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 60 | 19980329 | Ambition vs. love(Shukan Asahi cries modern society is sowing the seeds of psychosomatic illness. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 61 | 19980405 | Mmm…wait a minute, she's around here somewhere | Sunday Mainichi | 4/5 | 「アリバイ屋」の全貌 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 62 | 19980405 | Young female office staff cramping corporate culture | Sunday Mainichi | 4/5 | こんな新人OLは許せーん！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 63 | 19980405 | Raunchy home deliveries undeterred by law changes | Spa! | 4/6 | 宅配風俗の経営哲学 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 64 | 19980405 | Why the hell did I ever come to this damn country?! | Aera | 3/30 | 外国人覆うストレス | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 65 | 19980405 | Saitama's silent spring(Tokorozawa used to be a nice, clean place to live. But pollution has become so severe that residents have begun to flee. The question is, will the rest of Japan fare any better? Mark Schreiber reports.) | - | - | - | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 66 | 19980412 | Aloha State bids farewell to Japan's tourist dollars | Shukan Jitsuwa | 4/16 | ハワイで吹き荒れる「首切り」の嵐 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 67 | 19980412 | ‘Bedridden housewives' bane of hubbies' lives | Aera | 4/16 | 「寝たきり主婦」の哀しい生活 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 68 | 19980412 | Whispered rumors hold more than a whiff of truth | Shukan Gendai | 4/18 | 「街の口コミ情報」を歩いて調べた | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 69 | 19980412 | Greedy highway fuzz ready to take you for a ride | Shukan Playboy | 4/14 | 警察庁「免停商法ボロ儲け」の実態を暴け！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 70 | 19980412 | Endless life?(Aera looks into a newly discovered enzyme that could render humans immortal and wonders if it is a fountain of youth, or a recipe for disaster. Michael Hoffman.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 71 | 19980419 | - | Shukan Taishu, Shukan Hoseki | 覚醒剤を眠気覚ましで常用する東大受験生が増えている | MS(Mark Schreiber) | |
| 72 | 19980419 | Older women find teens give them fresh lust for life | Spa! | 4/15 | 超年下男マジに恋する女が増殖中 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 73 | 19980419 | Middle-aged men discover there's fun in numbers | Sunday Mainichi | 4/26 | 寂しいおじさんの友達講座は満員 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 74 | 19980419 | Cheating spouses jet to HK to cover their dirty tracks | Shukan Taishu | 4/27 | これが不倫SEX旅行の実態だ！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 75 | 19980419 | Hear me roar(Shukan Diamond takes a look at the gutsy women who, never afraid of bare their claws, are slowly taming the masculine wilds of Japan's corporate world. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 76 | 19980426 | Con men jerking the chains of eager franchise chise owners | Shukan Jitsuwa | 4/30 | 悪徳フランチャイズ見分けるポイント徹底指南 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 77 | 19980426 | ‘New marriages' take dread from pairs wanting to wed | Spa! | 4/29-5/6 | 曖昧すぎる結婚の新しい「形」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 78 | 19980426 | Sex aids for women let sisters do it for themselves | Sunday Mainichi | 5/3 | 「遊び道具」に夢中な女たち | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 79 | 19980426 | For today's women, hot sex is just a phone call away | Da Capo | 5/6 | 女性向け風俗は出張ヘルスが中心 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 80 | 19980426 | See no evil(Gendai listens in as Japan's No.1 supporter insists that Land of the Rising Sun will once again have its day. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 81 | 19980503 | In tough times, pleasure palaces rise to the occasion | Takarajima | 5/13 | 夢の豪華風俗に行きたい！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 82 | 19980503 | Today's TV advertisers going for hunk over spunk | Shukan Asahi | 5/1 | CM界を席巻！男女のナゾ逆転現象 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 83 | 19980503 | Foreign travel giving aging women a new lease on life | Aera | 5/4-11 | 私を変えた「子捨て」留学 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 84 | 19980503 | Daughter of the Godfather has the gentle tough | Shukan Shincho | 4/30-5/7 | 心理カウンセラーになった山口組三代目の娘 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 85 | 19980503 | Ripe for the pickin'(Aera tells us that you're never too old for a little old-fashioned love. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 86 | 19980510 | Latest abortion technique: Wine spiked with rat poison | Shukan Shincho | 5/14 | 殺鼠剤で不倫相手の堕胎を図った小学教師 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 87 | 19980510 | Techno-gains eliminate workplace lovers' pains | Spa! | 5/13 | 社内恋愛の最新ルール | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 88 | 19980510 | Young men going to great length to get plucked | Da Capo | 5/20 | 男の「きれいブーム」最前線 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 89 | 19980510 | ‘Big Bang' to send salaries skydiving sans parachute | Shukan Post | 5/8-15 | 5年後、あなたの年収は2割下がる！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 90 | 19980510 | Identity crisis(Weekly Playboy tries to shed light on the mysterious origins of the Japanese people. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 91 | 19980517 | Telltale signs that your wife's up to a little hanky-panky | Shukan Asahi | 5/22 | 妻の浮気はこう見破れ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 92 | 19980517 | From starvation to torture, firms terrorize new recruits | Weekly Playboy | 5/26 | 恐怖の「新人研修」へよォこそ！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 93 | 19980517 | Kids using the Internet to commit 'intelligent' crimes | Shukan Yomiur | 5/24 | 中3インターネット詐欺の「知能」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 94 | 19980517 | Recession biting into Japanese eating habits | Shukan Diamond | 5/16 | 大不況が「食」を変えた | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 95 | 19980517 | Motherless nation?(Shukan Shincho claims that a lack of maternal love is behind the decline of today's youth. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 96 | 19980524 | Unhappy cadets go AWOL from top military school | Shukan Hoseki | 5/28 | 防衛大学の「エリート新入生」がなんと大量脱走した！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 97 | 19980524 | Japan's dim chances take heat out of World Cup fever | Shukan Shincho | 5/21 | 日本は「一勝もできない」で、Ｗ杯フランス・ツアーキャンセル続出 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 98 | 19980524 | Turning a blind eye fueling widespread child abuse | Da Capo | 5/6 | 幼児虐待の誤解 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 99 | 19980524 | Wanted: Kinky players who just love to do it! | Shukan Jitsuwa | 5/28 | 「交際誌」に群がる女性の「性態」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 100 | 19980524 | Eating evil(Who needs protein when there's potato chips? Michael Hoffman examines the link between a fast food diet and brain starvation.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 101 | 19980531 | Loan sharks lack the teeth to put the bite on creditors | Shukan Taishu | 6/8 | 貸した金はヤクザからも取り立てるッ「切り取り屋」ただいま奮闘中！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 102 | 19980531 | Flight attendants turn tricks to stay aloft in tough times | Shukan Post | 6/5 | スチュワーデス売春組織発覚！「制服プレーも人気です」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 103 | 19980531 | Tokyo's 'tiger cages' filling up with roaring drunks | Shukan Hoseki | 6/4 | 「トラ箱族」が急増する | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 104 | 19980531 | Gals scribbling all sorts of stuff on bathroom walls | Da Capo | 6/3 | 女子トイレ落書きネット | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 105 | 19980531 | Bruised love(Spa! Tells that while the majority of domestic abuse involves husbands beating wives, its not the entire story. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 106 | 19980607 | Meddling grandparents in tug-of war for kids' affection | Aera | 6/8 | じいさん、ばあちゃんの孫奪り合戦 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 107 | 19980607 | Wily vets not above taking a bite out of pet owners' wallets | Shukan Post | 6/12 | こんなペット愛好家が騙されやすい | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 108 | 19980607 | The type of women other gals just love to hate | Spa! | 6/10 | 「女がムカつくブス」の法則 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 109 | 19980607 | Recession, recycling put the lid on trash volume | Shukan Jitsuwa | 6/11 | 不景気深刻！ゴミが26％も減った | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 110 | 19980607 | Virtually educated(Aera says its going to take more than a dose of soul searching to heal the nation's school system. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 111 | 19960614 | Here comes…whoops…there goes the bride! | Shukan Taishu | 6/22 | 急増する「結婚式場離婚」ドタキャン最前線 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 112 | 19960614 | Shifty sales of miracle drug giving men a hard time | Shukan Post | 6/19 | 「飲むインポ薬」の闇売買・ニセ薬に気をつけろ！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 113 | 19960614 | Are deep-throated women more likely to get ahead! | Aera | 6/15 | できる女は声が低い？ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 114 | 19960614 | The things people do to save yen during the recession | Dime | 6/18 | 不況を乗り切るの苦肉の策 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 115 | 19960614 | Soft news(Spa! Informs us the media's approval rating makes the prime minister's look positively buoyant. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 116 | 19980621 | Tough times, but pet industry keeping the dogs at bay | Sapio | 6/24 | とくに子育てを終えた専業主婦は「ペットロス症候群」にご用心！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 117 | 19980621 | Some Shinjuku homeless better suites to the lifestyle | Shukan Post | 6/26 | 「スーツホームレス」は200人突破 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 118 | 19980621 | Phony foreign priests find their own marital bliss | Shukan Asahi | 6/26 | 大繁盛怪しい「牧師集団」の正体 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 119 | 19980621 | Who's to blame for the great World Cup ticket fiasco | Shukan Asahi | 6/26 | W杯「消えたチケット」のナゾ | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 120 | 19980621 | CIA vs. Yakuza?(That 'Big Bang' you hear might not be the deregulation of the financial sector, but the sound of organized crime syndicates putting up armed resistance to the foreign invasion. Mark Schreiber reports.) | - | - | - | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 121 | 19980628 | Dream island's red lights fading with the economy | Shukan Jitsuwa | 7/2 | 男性天国女護ヶ島が摘発受けオトコ枯れ悲鳴 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 122 | 19980628 | Who on Earth says the customer is always right | Shukan Taishu | 7/1 | 怒り大噴出「こんな客くるな！」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 123 | 19980628 | Gutless guys turn a blind eye to gallivanting gals | Spa! | 7/1 | 「彼女の浮気」を許しまくる男たち | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 124 | 19980628 | Bargain prices driving discount chains to ruin | Shukan Yomiur | 7/5 | 量販店の「安売り」地獄 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 125 | 19980628 | Pink slips(Aera warns us that in these hard times, everyone's neck is on the chopping block. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 126 | 19980705 | Deadly Chinese thugs have guns, will travel | Shukan Taishu | 7/13 | 戦慄の「殺人請負人」を直撃！「日本人なら300万円で殺す」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 127 | 19980705 | Japan's soccer woes to move off the field in 2002 | Shukan Yomiur | 7/12 | 4年後、日本を襲うパニック | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 128 | 19980705 | Skipping breakfast eats away at brainpower | Sunday Mainichi | 7/12 | 朝食を抜くとバカになるわよ！？ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 129 | 19980705 | Voter apathy to win election in a landslide | Aera | 7/6 | 私が投票しないワケ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 130 | 19980705 | Lawless paradise(Shukan Bunshun warns us that today's kids are exploiting cyberspace for all it's worth. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 131 | 19980712 | Revenge is sweet, but it doesn't come cheap | Shukan Jitsuwa | 7/16 | 不景気を逆手にとったビジネス大繁盛 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 132 | 19980712 | Sometimes 'sorry' is not the hardest word to say | Shukan Taishu | 7/20 | 「あやまり屋」命がけ奮戦記 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 133 | 19980712 | Today's hard times makes turning a trick even trickier | Spa! | 7/15 | デフレと闘うフーゾク業界！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 134 | 19980712 | No right to free speech at the 'Deaftopia' caf? | Da Capo | 7/15 | 「発声会話」禁止のカフェで筆談取材120分 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 135 | 19980712 | Sex, who needs it?(The Sexual Revolution of the 60s, says Spa!, ends with the young men of the 90s. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 136 | 19980719 | Trysters proving easy prey for shrewd blackmailers | Shukan Jitsuwa | 7/23 | 浮気をネタに恐喝犯が横行 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 137 | 19980719 | Seduction, booze binges…summer camps have the lot | Weekly Playboy | 7/28 | とっても恥ずかしい夏合宿 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 138 | 19980719 | The dreaded ax looms over sharp-tongued sales staff | Shukan Post | 7/24 | 「営業マンは要らない」時代にあなたはどう闘うか？ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 139 | 19980719 | Hokkaido's economy looking at a frigid summer | Shukan Hoseki | 7/23 | 北海道の凍える夏 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 140 | 19980719 | Second opinion?(A matter of course for American physicians, Da Capo, but for Japanese doctors, it's an itolerable loss of face. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 141 | 19980726 | Kiddy porn coming to a neighborhood near you | Shukan Bunshun | 7/30 | オウムを真似た「児童ポルノ」組織の秘密ノート | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 142 | 19980726 | You can still, get a thrill, even if you're over the hill | Sunday Mainichi | 8/2 | 老婚の光と影「息子に汚いと言われても、私は貴方と一緒に．．．」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 143 | 19980726 | Lesbian bars show that girls just wanna have fun | Shukan Asahi | 7/31 | 女が女を愛する時代 レズバーが増えている | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 144 | 19980726 | Lazy lasses turning pristine homes into putrid pigpens | Spa! | 7/29 | ゴミと暮らす女たちの謎 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 145 | 19980726 | Cyberflakes(Aera finds mailboxes along the information superhighway are filled with more than petty chitchat. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 146 | 19980802 | Rat plague may bring 'Black Death' to Tokyo | Shukan Hoseki | 8/6 | ネズミ大繁殖で東京が麻痺する日 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 147 | 19980802 | Randy gals try anything to get limp lovers in the mood | Spa! | 8/5 | セックス嫌いの男急増が生んだ「性欲を持て余す女」の本音 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 148 | 19980802 | Today's young performers streetwise and fancy free | Weekly Playboy | 8/12 | 大道芸人ほど素敵なショーバイはない！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 149 | 19980802 | How to land the big bucks without hooking the taxman | Forebs | September | 日本リッチマン列伝 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 150 | 19980802 | The Yodo children(Sapio profiles the lives of Red Army members' kids living in exile in North Korea. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 151 | 19980809 | School's almost out for disadvantaged teen-agers | Shukan Taishu | 8/17 | 私立高校生「不況退学」が急増している！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 152 | 19980809 | But honey, the neighbors do it at least once a week | Shukan Hoseki | 8/15 | 「セックスレスカップル」のどこが悪いの？ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 153 | 19980809 | Japanese still searching for lost art of communication | Aera | 8/10 | 日本人は、しゃべれない | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 154 | 19980809 | Local shopping arcades turning into ghost towns | Aera | 8/10 | 商店街崩壊 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 155 | 19980809 | Go West, young man(Weekly Playboy tells young Japanese to go out into the world to save the nation. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 156 | 19980816 | Flaky celebrity flirts with death by VVVVVV | Tokyo Sports | 8/14 | 江頭バイアグラ5錠水割りで一気飲みｷｬﾊﾞｸﾗで倒れた | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 157 | 19980816 | Embarrassing times at the beach you'd rather forget | Weekly Playboy | 8/18-25 | とっても恥ずかしい海水浴 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 158 | 19980816 | The ups and downs of middle-aged bachelorhood | Aera | 8/10 | 開き直れない独身男 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 159 | 19980816 | The ghosts of summer back to haunt Tokyoites | Shukan Yomiur | 8/16-23 | 今、一番コワイお化け情報 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 160 | 19980816 | Down, but not out(Aera introduces us to a group of desperate men, each grappling with their own midlife crisis. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 161 | 19980823 | Recession brings pain to jobless foreign workers | Shukan Taishu | 8/24-31 | 出稼ぎ外国人を直撃する大不況あぶれ地獄 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 162 | 19980823 | Maverick companies beating bad times with radical ideas | Sunday Mainichi | 8/30 | 「商品が取りにくい売り場」で大成功 | GB(Geoff Botting) |
| 163 | 19980823 | Pickpockets in Tokyo taking fast track to riches | Shukan Hoseki | 9/3 | 仮睡盗元首領が犯罪手口を全公開 | SJ(Simon Johnson) |
| 164 | 19980823 | The unseen ergonomics of the rush-hour crush | Brutus | 9/1 | 通勤電車の居住空間学 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 165 | 19980823 | Foreign grief (The brutal murder of a Brazilian teen has put the spotlight on foreign laborers and inspired the boy's father in a 'Life Campaign,' says Shukan Kinyobi. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 166 | 19980830 | Peeping Toms can't get enough of new 'Pantycam' | Shukan Jitsuwa | 9/3 | ソニー「ハンディカム」販売中止はエッチビデオカメラ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 167 | 19980830 | Raunchy travelers giving air hostesses a hard time | Shukan Taishu | 9/7 | これが機内の「スッチーいじめ」の最新事態 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 168 | 19980830 | Divorced men still looking for the perfect woman | Aera | 8/31 | 離婚経て「理想の妻」を求める夢見るバツイチ男たち | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 169 | 19980830 | ‘X Desire' extends in all sorts of directions | Dime | 8/20 | ニッポン「覗き見願望」白書 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 170 | 19980830 | Wacky weather(Shukan Gendai warns of a meteorological meltdown of frightening proportions. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 171 | 19980906 | Japan seen as a sitting duck for nuclear terrorism | Shukan Bunshun | 9/3 | 次は「日本で核テロ」の緊急警告！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 172 | 19980906 | Golden oldies driving police around the bend | Shukan Hoseki | 9/17 | 高齢ドライバー珍事件簿 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 173 | 19980906 | Yesterday's spoilt wives are today's bento gals | Spa! | 9/9 | 「三高男」をゲットした女たちの「大誤算」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 174 | 19980906 | Diet of manes, legs, pubes costing fetishists a bundle | Da Capo | 9/2 | 頭髪50万円、脚5万円！「女体売買市場」潜入記 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 175 | 19980906 | Deep scars(Alack of support toward crime victims here, says Shukan Kinyobi, is rooted in society's odd prejudice toward sufferers. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 176 | 19980913 | Immigration posts bounties on illegal foreigners | Da Capo | 9/16 | 不法滞在者通報で、最高5万円の報奨金が．．． | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 177 | 19980913 | ‘Smoking clean' image set to go up in puff of smoke | Dime | 9/17 | 世界9カ国「たばこ規制」比較 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 178 | 19980913 | Modern women will stop at nothing to get their man | Asahi Geino | 9/17 | ハッピーHマニア「抱かれたがりOL」のセックス誘感！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 179 | 19980913 | ‘Cup-noodle starlets' leave hubbies boiling mad | Shukan Bunshun | 9/10 | 「料理ベタ」な芸能人妻は離婚する？ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 180 | 19980913 | A bug in the ointment(The government's decision to ignore the millennium bug problem now, says Shukan Playboy, is destined to lead to chaos at the turn of the century. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 181 | 19980920 | Bony hipsters at risk from dangerous diets | Shukan Playboy | 9/22 | ドラッグを捨てて本物のカラダを手に入れろ！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 182 | 19980920 | Gals throw in the mawashi after raunchy roll with rikishi | Focus | 9/23 | 女の子には評判の悪い、珍企画「お相撲プレイ」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 183 | 19980920 | Female TV announcers put it all on the line for love of job | Shukan Taishu | 9/28 | テレビに映らないTV各局女子アナ「残酷」最前線 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 184 | 19980920 | Sensation-al software lets you manage by the stars | Shukan Hoseki | 9/24 | 上場企業採用する「占星ション」って何だ？ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 185 | 19980920 | Pampered pets(New services, says The 21, are cleaning up the mess created by a society catering to two-legged critters only. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 186 | 19980927 | Should Japan add the 51st star to the US flag? | Shokun! | October | 日本が合衆国51番目の州になれば．．． | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 187 | 19980927 | Paying for suicide costs more than the ultimate price | Shukan Hoseki | 10/1 | 平成ニッポン「自殺額」集中セミナー | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 188 | 19980927 | Male workers steal sexual harassment spotlight | Spa! | 9/30 | 「不況型セクハラ」の深刻度 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 189 | 19980927 | Nightless Kabuki-cho clinic rises to the occasion | Da Capo | 9/30 | 日本初「バイアグラ治療」不夜城の赤ひげ先生に会う | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 190 | 19980927 | The Great Panic(The nation's complacent leaders, warns Shukan Gendai, better learn crisis management - and fast. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 191 | 19981004 | Hey, all you middle-aged male virgins, get a life! | Shukan Jitsuwa | 10/8 | 女体が怖い？30-40代の童貞男が急増 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 192 | 19981004 | Bumbling bosses dragging the nation to its knees | Spa! | 10/7 | 「問題上司」たちをどうにかしたい | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 193 | 19981004 | Comfy times create dearth of yakuza young guns | Shukan Jitsuwa | 10/15 | 暴力団の高齢化で若手組員を募集 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 194 | 19981004 | Fear and loathing in Hiroshima public schools | Shukan Asahi | 10/9 | 県内に蔓延巨大恐喝システムを暴く | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 195 | 19981004 | Sex: The new era: Improper relationships,' vvvvvv, telephone clubs, sexless marriages…Sapio asks what's all the fuss about. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 196 | 19981011 | ‘The Firm' keeping a close eye on all staff members | Shukan Hoseki | 10/15 | あなたの借金は会社に握られている | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 197 | 19981011 | Veteran homeless give new chums hell of a welcome | Shukan Taishu | 10/19 | ホームレスを直撃する「仁義なき平成大不況」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 198 | 19981011 | Pennant win only the start of Yokohama's ball games | Shukan Post | 10/16 | ベイスターズ優勝の経済効果316億円にハマの風俗街も興奮状態 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 199 | 19981011 | Right- wingers battling to ban 'Nanking 1937' | Tsukuru | October | 映画「南京1937」に再び右翼の猛攻撃 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 200 | 19981011 | Disappearing dreams(The welcome mat's extended to foreign workers of Japanese descent. But the mat seems to have dirty marks on it. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 201 | 19981018 | Sapporo gals keep visiting 'salarymen' warm at night | Da Capo | 10/21 | ビジネス慣習●夜遊び講座 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 202 | 19981018 | Breaking up can be nasty business for macho men | Spa! | 10/21 | 「フラれ下手な男たち」大増殖のなぜだ！？ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 203 | 19981018 | Who says times are tough? You just have to be different | Shukan Geino | 10/22 | ウルトラ元気商売のここを見逃すな | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 204 | 19981018 | Whisper-thin guys twisted around their girls' pinkies | Aera | 10/19 | 女で豹変薄い20代男 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 205 | 19981018 | Anyone buggin' you?(Weekly Playboy informs us that lax privacy laws make it easy for extortionists to get a line on someone. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 206 | 19981025 | A beast of a facial all in the name of beauty | Shukan Bunshun | 10/22 | 仰天美容「顔の皮を剥ぐ女」が急増中 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 207 | 19981025 | Pachinko world rings with sounds of empty parlors | Shukan Taishu | 11/2 | パチンコ店を「客離れ」大異変 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 208 | 19981025 | Money the key to getting into temp workers' pants | Weekly Playboy | 11/3 | 「派遣OL」と仲良くなる方法 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 209 | 19981025 | Surviving the streets(Life is no easier, says, Aera, for the women mixed in among Tokyo's 4,000-odd homeless. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 210 | 19981101 | Women bare it all in raunchy sex survey | Shukan Hoseki | 11/5 | 人妻・ＯＬ・女子大生 3万人の性意識！ | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 211 | 19981101 | New face? No problem, but you'll still hate yourself | Shukan Asahi | 11/6 | 思春期を襲う醜形恐怖症 | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 212 | 19981101 | Pollution turning the lot of us into sickly lab rats | Shukan Post | 10/23 | 男の性器異常が日本でも倍増している | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 213 | 19981101 | It's not the bursting of the bubble, it's an atomic blast! | Shukan Taishu | 11/2 | サラリーマン無慚！リストラ族を襲う凄絶いじめ | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 214 | 19981101 | Phone alone(For today's Japanese teens, 'self expression' seems to mean prancing down the street with a cellular phone held to their ear. Sapio ponders the meaning of it all. Mark Schreiber reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 215 | 19981108 | Revolt of the middle-aged princesses of pretense | Spa! | 11/4 | 30代「元ブリッ子オンナ」の反乱 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 216 | 19981108 | Call girl nurses honing their bedside manners | Shukan Taishu | 11/6 | ホンモノ看護婦20人がいる鶯谷性感ヘルスの興奮現場 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 217 | 19981108 | Nuke dumping ground like a toilet without a window | Friday | 11/2 | 六ヶ所村「核のゴミ再処理工場」内部をゆく | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 218 | 19981108 | Ginza jewel thieves running rings around police officers | Shukan Yomiur | 11/5 | 宝石店主が言えない警察の無力 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 219 | 19981108 | The new age(Are we living too long for our own good? Not if you're rich - just settle back and enjoy it, says Aera. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 220 | 19981115 | Booze on domestic flights falls flat with attendants | Shukan Hoseki | 11/19 | 酔っ払いvsスモーカー スチュワーデスの大迷惑！ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 221 | 19981115 | Goofy groupies hooked on real-life courtroom dramas | Shukan Taishu | 11/23 | 大増殖「裁判所グルーピー」の仰天実態 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 222 | 19981115 | Pets sacrificed nationwide all in the name of science | Shukan Bunshun | 11/12 | 捨て犬、捨て猫を横流し「動物実験ビジネス」の非道 | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 223 | 19981115 | Who needs marriage when you've got…? | Spa! | 11/11 | 結婚する「必要」のない人たち | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 224 | 19981115 | Princesses of poison(The Wakayama mass murder case is not the aberration you think - it has a long tradition, says Hanashi no Channel. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 225 | 19981122 | Young ' stringers' have na?ve women all tide up | Da Vinci | December | 「ヒモ野郎のテクニックと本音」 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 226 | 19981122 | Novel approach brings relief to toilet-terrified tykes | Aera | 11/23 | 学校のトイレへ行こう | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 227 | 19981122 | Bring back the bumpy body babes of yesteryear | Shukan Hoseki | 12/3 | 日本女性の「名器」が絶滅！？ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 228 | 19981122 | ‘Freeters' take their work strictly one day at a time | Spa! | 11/25 | 「高卒フリーター」大増殖でニッポン経済は大丈夫か？ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 229 | 19981122 | Brave New World(Shukan Post predicts that the coming age has few successes and plenty of failures in store for us. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 230 | 19981129 | Early menopause taking its toll on married women | Shukan Gendai | 12/5 | 頭痛、イライラ、セックスレス・・・30代から始まる「妻の更年期」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 231 | 19981129 | Child abuse horror stories verging on the unbelievable | Shukan Jitsuwa | 12/10 | 我が子を虐待する「鬼母・鬼父」が激増 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 232 | 19981129 | World Wide Web becoming simply a tool for fools | Sunday Mainichi | 12/6 | インターネットをやるとバカになる！！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 233 | 19981129 | A hell of a price to pay for a head person's name | Shukan Jitsuwa | 12/3 | 「戒名」のふざけた値段 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 234 | 19981129 | Drawing the line(Shukan Shincho tries to put its finger on the true meaning of sexual harassment. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 235 | 19981206 | Tormented bride sues the in-laws from hell | Shukan Jitsuwa | 12/10 | 「嫁いびり」は「配偶者の地位の侵害」 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 236 | 19981206 | Housewives return to work for more than a few bucks | Shukan Gendai | 12/12 | いま主婦がハマる「働きたい病」の落し穴 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 237 | 19981206 | Young lovers upgrading partners at a heady pace | Shukan Jitsuwa | 12/17 | 「恋人は商品！」コンビニ恋愛に走る若者の性能 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 238 | 19981206 | Plum overseas job assignments turn rotten | Spa! | 12/2 | 海外駐在員クン「海の向こうからの悲鳴」 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 239 | 19981206 | You're fired!(The corporate restructuring ax is leaving its mark on the necks of the nation's once-resilient youth, says Weekly Playboy. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 240 | 19981213 | Exhibitionist housewives shoot for the naked truth | Shukan Josei Seven | 12/17 | 主婦たちに「見られたい症候群」が広がっている！！ | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 241 | 19981213 | Int'l crowd getting off on Hiroo's 'Dolce Vita' orgies | Shukan Gendai | 12/9 | 外人多数の「乱交カップル喫茶」潜入ッ | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 242 | 19981213 | Young studs riding their rods all the way to the bank | Spa! | 12/16 | 暴走する「援助交際」世界を覗く | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 243 | 19981213 | Nation's once-proud sports world down for the count | Shukan Taishu | 12/21 | 日本スポーツ界を襲う世紀末「大寒波」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 244 | 19981213 | Legal loophole(Prosecutors and police pride themselves on their '98 percent conviction rate.' But, says Shukan Asahi, what about the 40 percent of murder suspects who are deemed unfit to stand trial? Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 245 | 19981220 | Angst-ridden wives liberally administer the big spank | Shukan Hoseki | 12/24 | 夫を殴る妻たち！ | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 246 | 19981220 | Bumbling grooms get help in fending off 'Narita Divorce' | Spa! | 12/23 | 「ハネムーン下見ツアー」の゛親身の指導"の中身 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 247 | 19981220 | Adventurous clientele enjoying Osaka S&M bar | Shukan Bunshun | 12/24 | 大阪のスナックで「SM合コン」流行中！ | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 248 | 19981220 | ‘Titanic' is buoyant atop product list for the year | Nikkei Trendy | December | 98年ヒット商品ベスト30 | MS(Mark Schreiber) |
| 249 | 19981220 | For better…only!(Today's man isn't necessarily opposed to marriage, but she better be duly qualified. Michael Hoffman reports.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
| 250 | 19981227 | Mob lynching in Nagano shatter 'safe Japan' image | Sunday Mainichi | 1/3-10 | 「リンチ見学」に誘った | GB(Geoff Botting) |
| 251 | 19981227 | Modernization helps gals enjoy fleshier fruits of life | Shukan Taishu | 1/4-11 | 奔放SEXに走る人妻たちの激流 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 252 | 19981227 | Serving up the best of the worst the year had to offer | Shukan Gendai | 1/2-9 | いちばんのワルはこいつだ'98PERSON OF THE YEAR「ワースト版」 | RC(Ryann Connell） |
| 253 | 19981227 | Female stalkers entangling men in web of obsession | Aera | 12/28-1/4 | 女性ストーカーつきまとう影 | CC（Cheryl Chow） |
| 254 | 19981227 | Goodbye 1998, and good riddance(Michael Hoffman looks back over the Year of the Tiger and finds little to roar about.) | - | - | - | MH(Michael Hoffman) |
