Japan Echo

Japan Echo

Cover of the first issue of Japan Echo magazine
Categories	Japanese politics, Foreign affairs
Frequency	Quarterly (1974–1996), Bimonthly (1997–2010)
Publisher	Japan Echo Inc.
First issue	November 1974
Final issue	February 2010
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	English, French (1979–2009), Spanish (1988–2009)
Website	JapanEcho.com

Japan Echo was an English-language periodical on Japanese issues which was initially published in print form by Japan Echo Inc. between 1974 and 2010. Consisting mainly of translations into English of magazine and news articles originally published in Japanese, Japan Echo was launched with the support of Japan's Foreign Affairs Ministry "to enable people abroad to learn what the Japanese themselves are thinking and writing about the issues of the day."^[1] Though independently published, the Japanese government provided most of Japan Echo's funding for the duration of its existence.

In 2010 budget cuts compelled the magazine to rebrand itself as Japan Echo Web, a purely online magazine published on a website operated by the Foreign Affairs Ministry. However, two years later the Japanese government shut it down and replaced it with a similar project called the Japan Foreign Policy Forum.