[ASA Delivery] AERA, August 3, 2026 Issue【ASA配送】AERA 2026年8月3日号
AERA, August 3, 2026 Issue
Cover Price: 650 yen (tax included)
Cover: marina●Artist
Release Date: July 27, 2026
Lead Feature
“I Want to Be Kind” × The Next Generation
Interview
The “Power of Connection” That Shapes the Future
Next-generation trailblazers who hone their talents while lifting each other up
HIMARI, Violinist / Akira Kuribayashi, World’s Top High School Student in Scientific Research / Ami Nakai, Figure Skater
People
30 Individuals Shaping the Future
Introducing the challengers AERA is watching—those who create new value by taking their “passions” and “discomforts” as starting points
Personal Stories
The Future Is Shaped by Encounters
Messages for the Next Generation: Kundo Koyama, Broadcast Writer and Screenwriter / Sumire Hirotsuru, Violinist
The Roots of Excellence
Kitz: Chairman Yasuyuki Hotta
(Part 1) A Father Who Always Sought to Be Number One; A Mother Who Was Always Kind
(Part 2) Mount Yatsugatake—My Parents’ Mountain Cabin—That Came to Mind Even While Stationed in the U.S.
Reading the Times
Coding Is the New “Currency”
A Teenage Girl in the U.S. Is Changing the World with AI
Art
The Future Depicted by Heralbony
From Phenomena to a Society Blending into Daily Life / Turning Questions into Social Action
Interview
Hikari Ukisho: “Carrying That Sparkling Radiance”
As the Center of ACEes: “To Become Someone You See on TV Every Day” / Captivating Audiences with Stunning Aerial Moves
Music
ACEes Arena Tour 2026 “V” LIVE REPORT
A Live Tour Featuring “V” Performed by the Five ACEes Members / Filled with Tradition and Intense Passion
Interview
“Someday, I’ll Go See the Southern Cross”: A Second-Year Middle School Student Battling a Serious Illness—The Driving Force Behind Passing the Eiken and Astronomy & Space Certification Exams
Series
Chuhei Suzuki: Okinawa’s Hero—The Islanders’ Koshien
Series
“I Want to Be Kind”: The “Next Generation”—How to Live in an Era Without Clear Answers
Women
[Women × Work] The Life of a Female Bureaucrat—Women from Regional Areas Making Their Mark
New Series
Kohei Shoji: On the Road and on the Page
Series
THE ALFEE: The Path of Miracles
1987 (Part 2) / A Serious All-Night Solo Concert. “We’re definitely going to watch the sunrise with everyone!” (Takamizawa)
Cover Story
marina ● Artist
Contemporary Portraits
Meiko Kaji ● Actress/Singer / Tokuki Ishitobi
AERA-note
A Note from the Editor-in-Chief
Popular Series
eyes
Itsuki Uchida / Mikako Brady
Satei Takeda: This Week’s Worries
Sadanobu Takemasu: Traveling the Hundred-Ri Road to the Convenience Store
Asami Akiya’s
Living with “Clothes I Can Love”
Yu Sato’s Practical News Workshop
Manabu Tanai’s Perspective on the Economy
Sazae-san by Machiko Hasegawa
Working Couples’ Relationships
Keirin Matsuzaki
Japan’s Best and Cutest Things
AERIAL
AERA Book Club
Review by Hiromi Hoshino
*Stolen Pride:
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right*
This Person, This Book
Sawako Agawa, Hiromi Ito
Jane Su: I Met Her the Other Day—Season 2
Masayuki Oki’s “This Week’s Cat: Sha-Sha”
Emiko Inagaki’s Afro Pictorial
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