Ooh, I stumbled upon this newest and latest Retro Gamer magazine's issue #156, which has a major feature on 'The A-Z Of Japanese RPGs'. Their blurb line says, quoted:
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Our exhaustive guide gives you some amazing insight into the genres greatest games. Don't miss it.
Sounds interesting. You can opt to get the digital issue, like Zinio's edition, instead over the physical magazine if that bothers you. The imagineshop link above has a pop-up screenshot showing the first two pages of this exact feature.
There's also a small article on a classic Konami SNES game:
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Classic Moments: The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja
* EDIT July 8, 2016: OH! I forgot that Retro Gamer actually had a youtube channel showcasing what's in their new issues!
Haha! This video where two journalists talked about issue #156 goes on for over 16 minutes long and the one where they talk about this very exact feature starts at 11 minutes and 10 seconds! A quick flip of the page over to The Legend of the Mystical Ninja at 13 mins, 40 seconds.