When the weeklies go to war, nobody's safe.
In the Feb. 21 installment of this column, we took up the topic of Shukan Shincho magazine's 60th anniversary, introducing excerpts from its inaugural issue of Feb. 19, 1956, a reproduction of which was nested inside the regular magazine.
While Shincho was busily engaged in a full month of self-congratulatory activities, its crosstown rival Shukan Bunshun was issuing a salvo of major scoops, one of which led to the resignation of economy minister Akira Amari.