[ASA Delivery] AERA, September 14, 2026 Issue
AERA, September 14, 2026 Issue
Cover Price: 650 yen (tax included)
Cover: Keito Nakamura ● Professional Soccer Player
Release Date: September 7, 2026
Lead Feature
Public Sentiment: Between Euphoria and Disappointment
On the Ground
The Expiration Date of “Fan-Driven” Politics
The Psychology Behind the Cycle of Expectation and Disappointment
Young People Quitting “Sana-Katsu”: The Reality That Remains / Taro Yamamoto’s Retirement: Reiwa Without Its “Favorite” / Hiroyuki & Izumi’s New Party
Profiles
Who Was Taro Yamamoto?
Hiroshi Samejima: Playing the Role of the Ideal Politician / Kurin Amamiya: Bringing Hope to Many / Mizuho Fukushima / Former Private Secretary / Soichiro Tahara: Expectations as a Human Being
Trends
See You Again Next Year
Report on “Green Over the Sun: Safety First—Our Grand Sports Festival 2026”
The Roots of Leadership
Mitsubishi Electric: President Kei Urushima
(Part 1) “The Important Thing Is Not to Give Up Easily”: A Senior Colleague’s Words as a Guiding Principle
(Part 2) Meeting a Senior Colleague I Could Talk to About Anything: The Life Lessons I Learned
Reading the Times
Religious Zionism and the Politicization of Evangelicalism
Religious Scholar Yoshiyuki Kato × Historical Sociologist Taro Tsurumi: A Dialogue (Part 1)
Interview
Keito Nakamura: “Don’t Narrow Your Perspective; Play Your Own Game”
It Might Look Like Smooth Sailing, But It’s Not. How He Overcame Difficult Situations
Ayaka: “I Love to Sing”
20th Anniversary of Her Debut: “Time Spent Facing Music.” What Has Changed, What Hasn’t
Series
Koji Mukai Learns: Intense Photography Lessons
Learning to Take Poster-Like Photos Using Filters from Daisuke Ito
Chuhei Suzuki: Okinawa’s Heroes—The Islanders’ Koshien
“I Want to Be Gentler”: School Refusal—My Daughter’s Heart Reached Its Limit Due to Junior High School’s Social Hierarchy
Women
[Women × Work] Aelabo Café: Real Voices—Making Time for Yourself, Too
Series
Kohei Shoji: On the Road and on the Page
THE ALFEE: The Trajectory of a Miracle
1990 / The Birth of “Furarebo”: “Connections Lead to Double and Triple Crops” (Sakazaki)
Cover Story
Keito Nakamura ● Professional Soccer Player
Portraits of Today
Sadaaki Kato ● CEO, note Inc. / Eriko Miyamoto
AERA-note
A Note from the Editor-in-Chief
Popular Series
eyes
Sang-joong Kang / Hiroki Azuma
Satei Takeda: This Week’s Worries
Sadanobu Takemasu: Traveling the Hundred-Ri Road of Convenience Stores
Asami Akiya’s
Living with “Clothes I Can Love”
Yu Sato’s Practical News Workshop
Manabu Tanai’s Perspective on the Economy
Atashi’nchi: Eiko Kera
Working Couples’ Relationships
Keirin Matsuzaki
Japan’s Finest and Cutest Things
AERIAL
AERA Book Club
Review by Hioka
“What Does It Mean
to Be Sexual?”
This Person, This Book
Ryo Isobe
Jane Su: I Met Her the Other Day—Season 2
Masayuki Oki’s “This Week’s Purring Cats”
Emiko Inagaki’s Afro Pictorial
The God of the Workplace
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