Aera (magazine)

Aera is a Japanese weekly magazine, printed in gravure, published by the "Asahi Shimbun". The magazine combines photographs and news stories. In May 1988, "Aera" replaced "Asahi Journal," a more substantial weekly.
The cover story is called "Person in Focus". Eiichirō Sakata takes cover photos for "Aera", but when the person on the cover is a photographer, it is a self-portrait.
The title "AERA" is derived from the Latin word that means "era" in English, and a backronym said to mean ""Asahi" Shimbun Extra Research and Analysis."
"Aera"'s advertisement in the "Asahi" features topical "dajare" (word play).
People who have appeared in "Aera"'s cover story "Person in Focus".
"Issue number and names in Japanese and roman script."