{{Short description|Japanese children's magazine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox magazine |image_file = Chagurin-December2004.jpg |image_size = 200px |image_caption = December 2004 issue. |staff_writer = |frequency = Monthly |circulation = |category = Children, Manga |company = Family Light Association |publisher = |founded = 1964 |based = Tokyo |country = Japan |language = Japanese |website = {{official|https://www.ienohikari.net/press/chagurin/}} |issn = }} {{nihongo|'''''Chagurin'''''|ちゃぐりん}} is a children's magazine published by the "Family Light Association" (家の光協会 ''Ie no Hikari Kyōkai'') in Japan. The magazine was formerly published under the title {{nihongo|'''''Children's Light'''''|こどもの光|''Kodomo no Hikari''}}.
==History and profile== The magazine was started under the name {{nihongo|'''''Children's Light'''''|こどもの光|''Kodomo no Hikari''}} in 1964.<ref name="iru">{{cite journal |title=The Present Status and Problems of the Japanese Cooperative Organizations |journal=IRU - Courier |date=July 2013 |issue=2 |url=http://www.iru.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2-2013-E.pdf |accessdate=3 August 2015 |publisher=International Raiffeisen Union |location=Bonn |issn=1682-1831 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The publication is funded by the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives.<ref name="jt arudou 20130305">{{cite web |last=Arudou |first=Debito |author-link=Debito Arudou |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/05/issues/childs-quibble-with-u-s-poverty-superpower-propaganda-unravels-a-sobering-story-about-insular-japan/#.UTUds2dy1yI |title=Child’s quibble with U.S. ‘poverty superpower’ propaganda unravels a sobering story about insular Japan |publisher=Japan Times |date=5 March 2013 |archive-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306151056/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/05/issues/childs-quibble-with-u-s-poverty-superpower-propaganda-unravels-a-sobering-story-about-insular-japan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is published on a monthly basis.<ref name=iru/>
In August 1993 the title of the magazine was changed into its current name, ''Chagurin''.<ref name="iru"/> The goal of the magazine is to educate the next generation of Japan Agricultural Cooperative (or "JA") members. The magazine is difficult to find in the average bookstore in Japan, but it can be purchased at any local JA office. The contents of ''Chagurin'' are similar to the educational magazines published by Shogakukan up through the 1960s, and the magazine has been recommended by the National PTA of Japan since 1994.<ref name="jt arudou 20130305"/><ref name="jpta 2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.nippon-pta.or.jp/files/original/202205111856272379c83a3f4.pdf |script-title=ja:日本PTAが推薦する物品・事業を紹介します |trans-title=Introducing items and projects recommended by the Japan PTA |page=7 |publisher=日本PTA全国協議会 (Japan National PTA) |language=ja |date=22 December 2016 |access-date=21 July 2025 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526205149/https://www.nippon-pta.or.jp/files/original/202205111856272379c83a3f4.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jpta 2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.nippon-pta.or.jp/files/original/202412170931050042b3b1027.pdf |script-title=ja:令和6年度推薦商品一覧表 |trans-title=2024 Recommended Item List |page=8 |publisher=日本PTA全国協議会 (Japan National PTA) |language=ja |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=21 July 2025 |archive-date=21 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250721163812/https://www.nippon-pta.or.jp/files/original/202412170931050042b3b1027.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="chagurin what kind">{{cite web |url=https://www.ienohikari.net/chagurin/chagurin |script-title=ja:ちゃぐりんってどんな雑誌？ |trans-title=What kind of magazine is Chagurin? |publisher=家の光協会 |language=ja |access-date=21 July 2025 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416192034/https://www.ienohikari.net/chagurin/chagurin |url-status=live }}</ref>
The magazine has admitted to publishing "some errors in scope and fact" and "exaggeration" in at least one article titled “Children of America, the Poverty Superpower”.<ref name="jt arudou 20130305"/> Like other magazines aimed at children, it includes a variety of manga. However, the manga found in ''Chagurin'' tends to be fairly mainstream, non-controversial, and are not generally collected in tankōbon format (''Doraemon'' and ''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' being exceptions).
==Notes== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.ienohikari.net/ Ie no Hikari Association] (Japanese) {{Portal |Children's literature}}
Category:1964 establishments in Japan Category:Agricultural magazines Category:Children's magazines published in Japan Category:Education magazines Category:Magazines established in 1964 Category:Magazines published in Tokyo Category:Manga magazines published in Japan <!--please leave this parent cat here--> Category:Monthly manga magazines published in Japan