The first Japanese magazine was published in Japan in October 1867. The magazine named Seiyo-Zasshi (meaning Western Magazine in English) was established and published until September 1869 by Shunzo Yanagawa, a Japanese scholar. In 1940 there were nearly 3,000 magazines in the country. Following World War II the number of magazines significantly increased. At the end of 2011 there were 3,376 magazines in the country. The following is a list of magazines published in Japan. These may or may not be published in Japanese.