Weekly ST is a weekly newspaper published by The Japan Times

The Japan Times

The Japan Times is an English language newspaper published in Japan. Unlike its competitors, the Daily Yomiuri and the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun, it is not affiliated with a Japanese language media organization...

 for learners of English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

. It is originally titled as Student Times, but changed to the current one to reflect the fact that a significant portion of its readers are not students. It has articles on news, movie, lifestyle in English-speaking countries, opinions and other kinds, attracting learners of English and helping them with notes on terms. Asahi Weekly, by Asahi Shimbun

Asahi Shimbun

The is the second most circulated out of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun...

, is the rival for this weekly, although both are distributed home by the same network since the Japan Times belongs to Asahi Shimbun's one.