Yamato was an Italian monthly propaganda magazine which existed between early 1941 and August 1943.
[2] Yamato was launched in early 1941 following the establishment of the Tripartite Pact in January 1941.
[4] The magazine was closely connected with an association called Friends of Japan of which the first head was Paulucci di Calboli.
[3] In addition to Italian contributors the magazine had Japanese contributors, including Navy Admiral Tōyō Mitsunobu and Colonel Moriakira Shimizu who were working as military attachés at the Japanese embassy in Rome.
[3] The last issue of Yamato appeared in August 1943 immediately after the end of the Fascist rule in Italy.