While the term "yuri" is synonymous with lesbianism in the west, the relationship between "yuri" and lesbianism is more tenuous in Japan. While "yuri" was strongly associated with lesbianism in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s, the correlation between the terms has weakened over time. Though Japanese fans, journalists, and publishers recognize that "yuri" and lesbianism share common characteristics, they are often specifically segregated as concepts, with "Comic Yurihime" editor Seitarō Nakamura stating that "in general, ["yuri" is] not lesbians with a carnal relationship." Japanese lesbian and queer magazines in the 1990s often opposed the conflation of "yuri" with lesbianism, likely due to its prior connotation with male-oriented pornography.