The collected volumes or tankōbon of Weekly Jump titles in Japan are released under the Jump Comics imprint.
Weekly Jump targets young males ("Shōnen" is made of the kanji that mean 'few' and 'years', and is a Japanese word for 'boy'). It features manga with lots of action and adventure, often featuring young, male protagonists with special powers and/or abilities.
Weekly Jump was launched by Shueisha in 1968, to compete with the already-successful Shonen Magazine and Shonen Sunday. At its highest point in the mid 1990s, Weekly Jump had a regular circulation of over 6 million. In the last few years, its circuation is about 3 million. Weekly Jump manga titles have also been translated and redistributed in countries where the magazine itself isn't published, such as South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.
There were a few games made based on the magazine and the series in it. There were two Famicom Jump games (Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden and Famicom Jump II: The Strongest Seven) for its anniversary, on the Famicom, and lately Jump Superstars and Jump Ultimate Stars on the Nintendo DS 
Also published in Japan is Akamaru Jump, special issues featuring one-shot manga released during Japanese holidays. A number of current and former Jump mangaka get their start in these issues, most notably Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama), Akira Amano (Reborn!) and Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto).
In 2002, Shueisha announced a partnership with Viz Communications (now Viz Media), a purveyor of anime and manga in the United States, to distribute a monthly version of Shonen Jump in that country and Canada. The Shonen Jump issues, like the Japanese issues, are read from right to left, because if printed the other way, pictures and words would be mirror-imaged. In its first issue (January 2003), it sold almost 300,000 copies beating their old rival Raijin Comics out of business, making it the top-selling Manga book of any kind in the U.S. for that time period. Shonen Jump also runs a line of graphic novels, including those that have run in the American Shonen Jump, but also other titles that ran in the Japanese Shonen Jump but not the American version. These manga are put in two manga lines Shonen Jump and Shonen Jump Advanced
In the magazine's text, the U.S. Shonen Jump uses circumflexes instead of macrons to mark long vowels. The manga in the magazine doesn't always reflect this (e.g., the preview for Whistle! used macrons). In 2005, Shonen Jump adopted a policy of editing dialogue and art of serialized manga to make it more suitable for younger audiences and still appeal to older audiences as well. This policy has still received criticism from long-time readers. Manga translated by Shonen Jump that are not present in the magazine have fewer edits and are released sooner. Even more recently Shonen Jump has started focusing more heavily on Naruto even so much as releasing 5 Chapters in one book.
The list below has every manga released in the American edition of Shonen Jump that did not run in the japanese version but instead ran in monthly jump:
Beet the Vandel Buster (originally Monthly Shonen Jump, currently on hiatus)
Claymore (originally Monthly Shonen Jump, in Weekly Shonen Jump until start of Jump²)
Dragon Drive (originally Monthly Shonen Jump)
Kurohime (originally Monthly Shonen Jump, will return when Jump² starts)
Legendz (originally Monthly Shonen Jump)
Ultimate Muscle (originally Weekly Playboy, tied to SJ release due to legacy of original Kinnikuman)
Yu-Gi-Oh GX (originally V-Jump, tied to SJ release due to original Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Yu-Gi-Oh! R (originally V-Jump, not out in stores)
The years next to the series are when the series started to be published in Shonen Jump.
Bleach (manga) (2007)
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2007)
Hikaru no Go (2004)
Naruto (2003)
One Piece (2003)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World (2005)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2007)
YuYu Hakusho (2003)
With the end of the publication of Monthly Shonen Jump with the July, 2007 issue, four series from the magazine are going to be published in Weekly Shonen Jump until the start of Jump², a new monthly shonen magazine. The series will be alternated throughout the month to allow for similar publication like in their former monthly magazine. (Italics = Published in America under Shonen Jump label):
Claymore (2001)
Gag Manga Biyori (2000)
Rosario to Vampire (2004)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) (2006)
Kurohime (2002)
Official Shonen Jump Website (English) : http://www.shonenjump.com/
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