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List of newspapers in Japan

Summary

The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870.[1] In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country.

Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.)

Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: The Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun.[2]

National papers edit

Big six edit

Hokkaido edit

Block papers of Hokkaido edit

Regional papers of Hokkaido edit

Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido edit

  • Kitami Mainichi Shimbun (Kitami, 1950 – 1989)
  • Akabira Shimpō (Akabira, 1962 – 1990)
  • Nikkan Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa, 1984 – 1992)
  • Okhotsk Shimbun (Kitami, 1989 – 1993)
  • Bibai Shimpō (Bibai, 1949 – 1996)
  • Hokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 – 1998)
  • Nahokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 – 1998)
  • Kitami Gorjetsu (Kitami, 1912 – 2001)
  • Abashiri Shimbun (Abashiri, 1947 – 2004)
  • Mikasa Times (Mikasa, 1949 – 2007)
  • Bibai Shimbun (Bibai, 1996 – 2007)
  • Sorachi Times (Ashibetsu, 1950 – 2007)
  • Shari Shimbun (Shari, 1979 – 2008)
  • Ishikari Minyū Shimbun (Ishikari, 1988 – 2009)
  • Sapporo Times (Sapporo, 1999 – 2009)
  • Okhotsk Shimbun (former Mombetsu Shimbun, Mombetsu, 1958 – 2009)
  • Nikkan Iwamizawa Shimbun (Iwamizawa, 1949 – 2009)
  • Engaru Shimbun (Engaru, 1976 – 2015)
  • Minamisorachi Shimpō (Kuriyama)
  • Chitose Mimpō (Chitose)
  • Yūbari Times (Yūbari)
  • Nemuro Shimbun (Nemuro)
  • Haboro Times (Haboro)

Tōhoku region edit

Block paper of Tōhoku region edit

Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region edit

Regional papers of Tōhoku region edit

Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region edit

  • Miyagi Times (Kesennuma, – 1995)
  • Ishinomaki Shimbun (Ishinomaki, 1946 – 1998)
  • Kamaishi Shimpō (Kamaishi, 1982 – 1999)
  • Jōyō Shimbun (Minamisanriku, – 2007)
  • Senpoku Shimbun (Naruko, – 2007)
  • Iwate Tōkai Shimbun (Kamaishi, 1948 – 2011)
  • Minamisanriku Shimbun (Minamisanriku, 2008 – 2011)
  • Fujisato Shimbun (Fujisato, 1959 – 2012)
  • Ōdate Shimpō (Ōdate, 1980 – 2015)
  • Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun (Kamaishi, 2011 – 2021)
  • Yonezawa Shimbun (Yonezawa, 1879 – 2021)

Kantō region edit

Prefecture papers of Kantō region edit

Regional papers of Kantō region edit

Defunct newspapers of Kantō region edit

Chūbu region edit

Prefecture papers of Chūbu region edit

Regional papers of Chūbu region edit

  • Yamanashi
  • Nagano
  • Niigata
    • Echigo Journal (Sanjō)
    • Jōetsu Times (Jōetsu)
    • Kashiwazaki Nippō (Kashiwazaki)
    • Nagaoka Shimbun (Nagaoka)
    • Ojiya Shimbun (Ojiya)
    • Sanjō Shimbun (Sanjō)
    • Shūhō Tōkamachi (Niigata)
    • Tōkamachi Shimbun (Tōkamachi)
    • Tōkamachi Times (Tōkamachi)
    • Tsunan Shimbun (Tsunan)
  • Toyama
  • Ishikawa
  • Fukui
    • Nikkan Kenmin Fukui (Fukui)
  • Shizuoka
  • Aichi
    • Chūbu Keizai Shimbun (Nagoya)
    • Higashiaichi Shimbun (Toyohashi)
    • Mikawa Shimpō (Nishio)
    • Nikkan Tōmei (Seto)
    • Tōkai Aichi Shimbun (Okazaki)
    • Tōkai Nichinichi Shimbun (Toyohashi)

Defunct newspapers of Chūbu region edit

  • Himi Shimbun (Himi, 1936 – 2000)
  • Suwa Maiyū Shimbun (Suwa, 1954 – 2004)
  • Chūbu Shimpō (Hekinan, 1959 – 2004)
  • Kokoku Shimbun (Shimosuwa, 1946 – 2005)
  • Hida News (Hida, 1995 – 2005)
  • Ina Mainichi Shimbun (Ina, 1955 – 2008)
  • Hakuba Shimbun (Hakuba, 1975 – 2008)
  • Nagoya Times (Nagoya, 1946 – 2008)
  • Kōshoku Shimbun (Chikuma, 1982 – 2011)
  • Chūnō Shimbun (Seki, 1947 – 2011)
  • Shinshū Nippō (Iida, 1956 - 2013)
  • Kyōdo Shimbun (Kakegawa)

Kinki region edit

Prefecture papers of Kinki region edit

Regional papers of Kinki region edit

Defunct newspapers of Kinki region edit

  • Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōtsu, 1922 – 1979)
  • Kansai Shimbun (Ōsaka, – 1991)
  • Ōsaka Shimbun (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
  • Doyōbi (Kyoto, 1936 – 1937)
  • Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (Nara, 2006 - 2019)

Chūgoku region edit

Block paper of Chūgoku region edit

Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region edit

Regional papers of Chūgoku region edit

Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region edit

  • Bōchō Shimbun (Iwakuni, 1964 – 2006)
  • Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun (Okayama, 1946 – 2011)

Shikoku edit

Prefecture papers of Shikoku edit

Regional papers of Shikoku edit

Defunct newspapers of Shikoku edit

  • Nikkan Shin Ehime (Matsuyama, 1960 – 1986)
  • Yawatahama Shimbun (Yawatahama, 1928 – 2019)

Kyūshū, Okinawa edit

Block paper of Kyūshū edit

Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa edit

Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa edit

  • Fukuoka
  • Saga
  • Nagasaki
    • Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki)
    • Iki Nippō (Iki)
    • Shimabara Shimbun (Shimabara)
    • Tsushima Shimbun (Tsushima)
  • Kumamoto
  • Ōita
  • Miyazaki
  • Kagoshima
    • Amami Shimbun (Naze)
    • Minamikyūshū Shimbun (Kanoya)
    • Nankai Nichinichi Shimbun (Naze)
  • Okinawa
    • Miyako Mainichi Shimbun (Miyakojima)
    • Miyako Shimpō (Miyakojima)
    • Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun (Ishigaki)
    • Yaeyama Nippō (Ishigaki)

Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū edit

  • Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 – 1992)
  • Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 – 2004)
  • Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 – 2008)
  • Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun (Kurume, 1957 – 2017)
  • Nikkan Ōmuta (Ōmuta, 1985 – 2018)

Sports papers edit

Party organs edit

Business papers edit

  • Fuji Sankei Business i.
  • The Kabushiki Shimbun
  • Nihon Kogyo Simbun
  • Nihon Securities Journal
  • Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
  • Nikkei Kinyu Simbun (Nikkei Financial Daily)
  • Nikkei Ryutsu Simbun (Nikkei Marketing Journal)
  • Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun
  • Nikkei Veritas

Industry papers edit

  • The Chemical Daily
  • The Education Newspaper
  • The Hoken Mainichi Shinbun
  • Denki Shimbun (Electric Daily News)
  • Japan Food Journal
  • The Japan Marine Daily
  • Japan Rubber Weekly
  • The Minato Daily
  • National Chamber of Agriculture
  • Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun
  • Nihon Nogyo Shinbun
  • The Suisan Times

Tabloids edit

English language papers edit

Chinese language papers edit

  • Chubun Doho
  • Jiho Shyukan
  • Toho Doho

Braille papers edit

  • Tenji Mainichi

Stance and circulation, only morning (2022) edit

  • Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 6,860,000
  • Asahi: left (high quality paper) 4,290,000
  • Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 2,320,000
  • Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,930,000
  • Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,750,000
  • Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
  • Tokyo Sports: (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
  • Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 1390,000
  • Nikkan Sports: 1,350,000
  • Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,350,000
  • Sankei Sports: 1,230,000
  • Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,050,000
  • Sankei: right (high quality paper) 1,02 0,000
  • Akahata (Red Flag): Communist Party bulletin 1,000,000
  • Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 84,0000
  • Daily Sports: 640,000
  • Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 537,000
  • Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 510,000
  • Nishinippon Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 427,000
  • Shinano Mainichi Shimbun: liberal (high quality paper) 412 ,000
  • Kobe Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 408,100

References edit

  1. ^ Yamamoto Taketoshi (Summer 1989). "The Press Clubs of Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies. 15 (2): 371–388. doi:10.2307/132360. JSTOR 132360.
  2. ^ Mark Hollstein (2008). "Japan's Insider and Outside Media Discourse about the SDF Dispatch to Iraq". In Eldridge, Robert D.; Midford, Paul (eds.). Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism (1st ed.). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-349-60328-2. Retrieved April 16, 2022.

Further reading edit

  • De Lange, William (2023). A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State. Toyo Press. ISBN 978-94-92722-393.
  • "Japan: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  • Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford (2020), "Japan", Digital News Report, UK, OCLC 854746354 {{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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