[ASA Delivery] AERA, June 15, 2026 Special Edition【ASA配送】AERA 2026年6月15日増大号
AERA Special Edition, June 15, 2026
Price: 700 yen (tax included)
Cover: MAZZEL ● Dance & Vocal Group
Release Date: June 8, 2026
Lead Feature
I Want to Be Gentle
On the Ground
The Power of Music to Connect the World
The Diversity of Japanese Music That Sparks Enthusiasm Across Borders
A Mass Chorus in Japanese / The Rediscovery of City Pop / A Nation Investing in Culture Through Public-Private Partnerships
AI Is Changing Music Too: Daimaou Kosaka
Interview
Creating a Place to Pause
Takeshi Kobayashi on “Music” and “The Unknown”
Survey
Inspired by Music
What Are Your “Three Songs of a Lifetime”? / Hiroshi Osaki, Mami Kobayashi, Mitz Mangrove, and Others
Sports
Bosnia Heads to the World Cup: With the Spirit of Ošim
“The Only Thing That Can Unite Us Again Is Soccer” / Independence After a Brutal Civil War
International
Pentagon Releases UFO Files: The Truth Behind the Documents
Part of President Trump’s “Transparency” Initiative / The View of the Editor-in-Chief of “Moo”
The Origins of Leadership
Yokumoku Holdings President Takeshi Fujinawa: The 16-Person Room Where There Was Always Someone
Series
[Media in 2050] Susumu Shimoyama: The Fateful Showdown Over Copyright Law Reform
Reading the Times
The Resurgence of the “Adoption Bill” Lacking Legitimacy
Concerns Over the Imperial House Law Amendment / LDP and Japan Innovation Party Make It a “Top Priority”
Interview
MAZZEL: The Aesthetics of Diversity
Eight People Proud of Their “True Selves”
Sports
“I Want to Bring a Fresh Breeze”: The Ace’s Resolve
Moe Higa: Artistic Swimming
Art
Drama in a Fleeting Expression
Why Are We Drawn to Vermeer? / The Complete Pilgrimage List
Series
Chuhei Suzuki: Okinawa’s Heroes—The Islanders’ Koshien
Next Generation
Imagine the Invisible World
AERA’s “Extracurricular Class”: Thinking Together with High School Students
Series
Wanting to Be Kind: “Social Impact”—HARIO Pioneers Reconstruction Support
Women
[Women × Work] The Equal Employment Opportunity Law Generation: Starting Businesses After Husbands’ Early Retirement or Divorce
Series
THE ALFEE: The Path of a Miracle
1984 Part 1 / “Starry Sky Distance” Becomes a Blockbuster, Surpassing “Mary Ann”
Cover Story
MAZZEL ● Dance & Vocal Group
The New Adults
Masayuki Okano ● Former Professional Soccer Player / Masamichi Hata
AERA-note
A Note from the Editor-in-Chief
Popular Series
eyes
Kang Sang-jung / Hiroki Azuma
Satei Takeda: This Week’s Grievances
Sadanobu Takemasu: Traveling the Hundred-Mile Road of Convenience Stores
Asami Akiya
Living with “Clothes I Can Love”
Yu Sato’s Practical News Workshop
Manabu Tanai’s Perspective on the Economy
Atashi’nchi by Eiko Kera
Working Couples’ Relationships
Keirin Matsuzaki
Japan’s Finest and Cutest Things
AERIAL
AERA Book Club
Review by Hiromi Hoshino
“Testimonies: Returnees from North Korea
How Did ‘Zainichi’ Who Crossed Over to the Motherland
Live?”
This Person, This Book
Maki Baba
Jane Su: We Met the Other Day—Season 2
Masayuki Oki’s This Week’s Cat: Meow Meow
Emiko Inagaki’s Afro Pictorial
The God of the Workplace
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