Nature

Japanese: 《Nature》（英語表記）Nature

...Also, as science became more specialized around that time, specialized scientific journals were launched, including medical journals, and in the 19th century, general science journals could no longer serve as the forefront media for academic societies, and were reorganized around this time to communicate and enlighten the scientific community in addition to their function as specialized journals. Among these, Nature (first published in the UK in 1869) and Science continued to maintain their academic aspects, while Scientific American, first published in the US in 1845, took a purely educational stance and created the prototype for the popular science magazines that exist today.
[Japanese science magazine]
Japan's first scientific journal was "Kagaku" (Science), published in 1931. It was modeled on the earlier "Nature" (its first editor-in-chief was Jun Ishihara) and had a strong academic journal flavor.

From Lockyer

…The existence of helium on Earth was confirmed in 1895. In 1869 he founded the natural science journal Nature and was its editor for 50 years. In 1885 he became director of the South Kensington Astrophysical Observatory, and in 1913 he became director of the newly established Hill Observatory (now the Norman Lockyer Observatory). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Nature" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またそのころから科学の専門化が進むにつれて，医学をはじめとして専門別の科学雑誌が創刊され，19世紀になると，一般科学誌は学会の最前線のメディアとしての任務に耐えられなくなり，専門誌の機能とは別に科学界の連絡と啓蒙という性格をもってこのころから再編される。そのうちでも，《ネイチャーNature》(イギリス，1869創刊)や《サイエンスScience》などが学術的側面を維持しつづけたのに対して，1845年にアメリカで創刊された《サイエンティフィック･アメリカンScientific American》誌は純粋な啓蒙の立場をとり，現在に至る大衆向け科学雑誌の原型をつくった。
［日本の科学雑誌］
　日本最初の科学雑誌は1931年刊行の《科学》であるが，これは先の《ネイチャー》をモデルにしたもので(初代編集主任石原純)，学術雑誌的色彩の強いものであった。…