Magazine House
History. The company was founded in October 1945 by Kinosuke Iwahori and Tatsuo Shimizu. Its first publications were the magazines "Heibon" and "Heibon Weekly". In 1964, it launched the influential men's magazine "Heibon Punch". Some of Magazine House's publications are as follows: "an-an" (women's fashion and lifestyle magazine; est. 1970), "Croissant" (women's magazine; est. 1977), "Popeye" (men's fashion magazine; est. 1976), and "Brutus" (men's lifestyle magazine; est. 1980).