Playboy (Japan) March 1982 Magazine Back Issue

• Covergirl Natalie Bencheton, Kimiko Nakayama (Nude)
• Playmate of the Month is Anne-Marie Fox
• Entertainment For Men
• The Playboy Questionaire
• Interview with Yasushi Yokoyama

Playboy Japan first started publishing in July 1975. It was a popular magazine for over 30 years. However, Japan had a huge recession in late 2008 and sales of Playboy tanked so the magazine stopped publishing in January 2009. Playboy Japan never became hugely popular as it did in other markets so the publisher has not decided to republish the magazine even though the economy has gotten stronger.

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), Playboy played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by notable novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Cole, Eldon Dedini, Jules Feiffer, Shel Silverstein, Erich Sokol, Roy Raymonde, Gahan Wilson, and Rowland B. Wilson. Playboy features monthly interviews of notable public figures, such as artists, architects, economists, composers, conductors, film directors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, religious figures, politicians, athletes, and race car drivers. The magazine generally reflects a liberal editorial stance, although it often interviews conservative celebrities.