Nippon Camera magazine ceases publication

Sadly, Nippon Camera magazine has ceased publication with the May 2021 issue (photo) being the last one. The magazine follows its former rival Asahi Camera which ceased publication in July 2020. Japan’s two biggest and oldest camera magazines are now gone. Nippon Camera started up in 1948. It has published 964 issues. The magazine thanks its readers for their support this past 73 years. Their official notice dated April 15, 2021 only says that, “It has become difficult to continue publishing the magazine.” Tokyo-based Nippon Camera-sha, the company publishing the magazine, will also be dissolved on April 30, 2021. The