Obituary for Yukan Fuji: A Gonzo Farewell to a Right-Wing Tabloid

With Yukan Fuji gone, the only evening tabloid newspaper really still standing is its foul-mouthed but funny left-wing rival, Nikkan Gendai.

TOKYO--January 31st

The Yukan Fuji, one of Japan's last evening tabloid newspapers,  that bastion of sensationalism, conservative bombast, and late-night scandal-mongering, has finally breathed its last. The print version of FOX News (in a sense) made the far right Sankei Shimbun look like The Atlantic.  It was a newspaper that thrived on chaos, thrived …