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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

Big six

Hokkaido

Block papers of Hokkaido

Regional papers of Hokkaido

Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido

  • 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

Block paper of Tōhoku region

Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region

Regional papers of Tōhoku region

Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region

  • 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

Prefecture papers of Kantō region

Regional papers of Kantō region

Defunct newspapers of Kantō region

Chūbu region

Prefecture papers of Chūbu region

Regional papers of Chūbu region

  • Yamanashi
    • Yamanashi Shimpō ( Kōfu)
    • Yatsugatake Journal ( Hokuto)
  • 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
    • Fuji News ( Fuji)
    • Gakuyō Shimbun ( Fujinomiya)
    • Izu Shimbun ( Itō)
    • Numazu Asahi Shimbun ( Numazu)
    • Numazu Shimbun (Numazu)
  • 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

  • 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

Prefecture papers of Kinki region

Regional papers of Kinki region

Defunct newspapers of Kinki region

  • 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

Block paper of Chūgoku region

Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region

Regional papers of Chūgoku region

Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region

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

Shikoku

Prefecture papers of Shikoku

Regional papers of Shikoku

Defunct newspapers of Shikoku

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

Kyūshū, Okinawa

Block paper of Kyūshū

Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

  • Fukuoka
  • Saga
    • Tosu Shimbun ( Tosu)
  • Nagasaki
    • Iki Nichinichi Shimbun ( Iki)
    • Iki Nippō (Iki)
    • Shimabara Shimbun ( Shimabara)
    • Tsushima Shimbun ( Tsushima)
  • Kumamoto
  • Ōita
    • Konnichi Shimbun ( Beppu)
  • 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

  • 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

Party organs

Business papers

Industry papers

  • 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

English language papers

Chinese language papers

  • Chubun Doho
  • Jiho Shyukan
  • Toho Doho

Braille papers

  • Tenji Mainichi

Stance and circulation, only morning (2022)

  • 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

  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.

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