The Mainichi Daily is reporting that one of Japan’s most famous gay magazines is being brought back to store shelves. The publication “Barazoku”, is one of Japan’s oldest and longest running monthly magazines that caters to gay men.

It went bankrupt in 2004 but since has made a return. Three times actually. Here is a portion of the article:

Brief returns were made in April 2005 and again in August last year, but the same problem of lack of advertising revenue drove it back into the dark hole once again. This time, its publishers are aiming to keep it running for good.

“People keep calling us and begging us to bring it back,” “Barazoku” publisher, 75-year-old (and straight) Bungaku Ito, tells Shukan Asahi. “There are loads of old gays in the country who wouldn’t have a clue how to use the Internet. Many of them say ‘Barazoku’ used to give them hope. Those sorts of people prompted us to put it out again.”

“Barazoku” owes its beginnings to the small publishing company Ito originally ran and used to start printing erotica to try and make some extra money.

More information on the publication is available here at Wikipedia dot com.