Front was established in 1942. It was modeled on the Soviet propaganda magazine entitled
SSSR na Stroike (Russian: USSR in Construction). The publisher of
Front was Tōhōsha (Japanese: Far East Company) which was founded by Okada Sozo in 1941 to launch the magazine. The Japanese International Press Photography Association also involved in the publication of the magazine under the direction of the
army general staff. The magazine had 15-language editions which were distributed by the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Its format was large, and the magazine featured photos and
photomontages for propaganda purposes.{{cite journal|author=Kevin Michael Smith|title=Images Under Construction: Photomontage in Interwar Europe and Japan|journal=Circulation|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.7977573.0009.203 ==References==