Nikkan Gendai

Summary

Nikkan Gendai (日刊ゲンダイ) is a tabloid-sized evening newspaper published Nikkan Gendai Co., Ltd., a publisher belonging to the Otowa Group centered on Kodansha, and is a member of the Japan Magazine Publishers Association, an industry group of magazine publishers.[1]

Nikkan Gendai
Paper immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake (second from the right in the front row)
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Founded1975
Headquarters2-12-21 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
CirculationApproximately 1,680,000
Websitehttps://www.nikkan-gendai.com/

It is mainly sold at kiosk newsstands, and competes with "Yukan Fuji" and "Tokyo Sports".[2] Subscription by mail is possible.[3]

Published nationwide, mainly in the four major cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Sapporo. The Chubu edition is published by Chubu Keizai Shimbun.[4] In Sapporo, it was originally published as "Nikkan Sapporo",[a] but from June 2006, it was published as "Nikkan Gendai".[5] Therefore, Tokyo and Osaka are directly managed, and Hokkaido and Chubu are franchise agreements. In Kyushu, it is sold at Hakata Station, Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station, and Tenjin Station in Fukuoka City.[6]

The paper was first published on October 27, 1975.[7] The price at the time of the first issue was 40 yen [10].[8]

Notes edit

  1. ^ A series of the discontinued Hokkai Times

References edit

  1. ^ "日本雑誌協会加盟社一覧(「な」行)]" [Japan Magazine Publishers Association member company] (in Japanese). 日本雑誌協会. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04.
  2. ^ 中部経済新聞社公式サイト「日刊ゲンダイとは?」
  3. ^ "日刊ゲンダイ郵送購読お申込みフォーム" [Subscription Application Form]. nikkan-gendai.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  4. ^ 日刊ゲンダイのご案内 中部経済新聞 2016年9月14日閲覧
  5. ^ 日刊ゲンダイ北海道版 株式会社日刊スポーツプロモーション 2016-09-14
  6. ^ Facebookの日刊ゲンダイ公式アカウントより
  7. ^ 『出版界の仕掛人 編集者の素顔』「ゲリラ・ジャーナリズムの鬼才・川鍋孝文」
  8. ^ 伊藤友八郎 『出版王国「講談社」情報(ソフト)の王国はいかにしてつくられたか』 オーエス出版、1994年、143-145。ISBN 4871906728