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The first dailies were established in [[Japan]] in 1870.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Press Clubs of Japan|journal=Journal of Japanese Studies|date=Summer 1989|volume=15|issue=2|jstor=132360|author=Yamamoto Taketoshi}}</ref> In 2009 the number of the [[newspapers]] was 110 in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nikkei Media Data|url=http://adweb.nikkei.co.jp/english/newspapers_in_japan/|publisher=Nikkei Media Group|access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref>
The first dailies were established in [[Japan]] in 1870.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Press Clubs of Japan|journal=Journal of Japanese Studies|date=Summer 1989|volume=15|issue=2|jstor=132360|author=Yamamoto Taketoshi|pages=371–388 |doi=10.2307/132360 }}</ref> 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]].)
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]]'', ''[[The Nikkei|Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]'', and ''[[Sankei Shimbun]]''.
Big five national [[newspapers in Japan]] includes: ''[[The Asahi Shimbun]]'', ''[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]'', ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'', ''[[The Nikkei|Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]'', and ''[[Sankei Shimbun]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Mark Hollstein |editor1-last=Eldridge |editor1-first=Robert D. |editor2-last=Midford |editor2-first=Paul |title=Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism |date=2008 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-1-349-60328-2 |page=99 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EeHDAAAQBAJ |access-date=April 16, 2022 |chapter=Japan's Insider and Outside Media Discourse about the SDF Dispatch to Iraq}}</ref>


== National papers ==
== National papers ==
=== Big six ===
=== Big six ===
* ''[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]'' (daily) 10,042,075
* ''[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]'' (daily) 6,860,222
* ''[[The Asahi Shimbun]]'' (daily) 8,093,885
* ''[[The Asahi Shimbun]]'' (daily) 4,298,513
* ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'' (daily) 3,974,559
* ''[[Chunichi Shimbun]]'' / ''[[Tokyo Shimbun]]'' (daily) 2 ,321,414
* ''[[Chunichi Shimbun]]'' / ''[[Tokyo Shimbun]]'' (daily) 3,475,049
* ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'' (daily) 1,933,714
* ''[[The Nikkei|Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]'' (daily) 3,034,481
* ''[[The Nikkei|Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]'' (daily) 1,753,877
* ''[[Sankei Shimbun]]'' (daily) 2,191,587
* ''[[Sankei Shimbun]]'' (daily) 1,026,293


== [[Hokkaido]] ==
== [[Hokkaido]] ==
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=== Regional papers of Hokkaido ===
=== Regional papers of Hokkaido ===
* '''[[Ishikari Subprefecture|Ishikari]]'''
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** ''Chitose Mimpō'' ([[Chitose, Hokkaido|Chitose]])
* '''[[Sorachi Subprefecture|Sorachi]]'''
* '''[[Sorachi Subprefecture|Sorachi]]'''
** ''Kitasorachi Shimbun'' ([[Fukagawa, Hokkaido|Fukagawa]])
** ''Kitasorachi Shimbun'' ([[Fukagawa, Hokkaido|Fukagawa]])
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** ''Minamisorachi Shimpō'' ([[Kuriyama, Hokkaido|Kuriyama]])
** ''Press Sorachi'' ([[Takikawa, Hokkaido|Takikawa]])
** ''Press Sorachi'' ([[Takikawa, Hokkaido|Takikawa]])
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** ''Yūbari Times'' ([[Yūbari, Hokkaido|Yūbari]])
* '''[[Shiribeshi Subprefecture|Shiribeshi]]'''
* '''[[Shiribeshi Subprefecture|Shiribeshi]]'''
** ''Otaru Shimpō'' ([[Otaru, Hokkaido|Otaru]])
** ''Otaru Shimpō'' ([[Otaru, Hokkaido|Otaru]])
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** ''Nikkan Furano'' ([[Furano, Hokkaido|Furano]])
** ''Nikkan Furano'' ([[Furano, Hokkaido|Furano]])
* '''[[Rumoi Subprefecture|Rumoi]]'''
* '''[[Rumoi Subprefecture|Rumoi]]'''
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** ''Haboro Times'' ([[Haboro, Hokkaido|Haboro]])
** ''Nikkan Rumoi Shimbun'' ([[Rumoi, Hokkaido|Rumoi]])
** ''Nikkan Rumoi Shimbun'' ([[Rumoi, Hokkaido|Rumoi]])
* '''[[Sōya Subprefecture|Sōya]]'''
* '''[[Sōya Subprefecture|Sōya]]'''
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* '''[[Kushiro Subprefecture|Kushiro]]'''
* '''[[Kushiro Subprefecture|Kushiro]]'''
** ''Kushiro Shimbun'' ([[Kushiro, Hokkaido|Kushiro]])
** ''Kushiro Shimbun'' ([[Kushiro, Hokkaido|Kushiro]])
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* '''[[Nemuro Subprefecture|Nemuro]]'''
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** ''Nemuro Shimbun'' ([[Nemuro, Hokkaido|Nemuro]])


=== Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido ===
=== Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido ===
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* ''Nikkan Iwamizawa Shimbun'' ([[Iwamizawa, Hokkaido|Iwamizawa]], 1949 – 2009)
* ''Nikkan Iwamizawa Shimbun'' ([[Iwamizawa, Hokkaido|Iwamizawa]], 1949 – 2009)
* ''[[Engaru Shimbun]]'' (Engaru, 1976 – 2015)
* ''[[Engaru Shimbun]]'' (Engaru, 1976 – 2015)
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* ''Minamisorachi Shimpō'' ([[Kuriyama, Hokkaido|Kuriyama]])
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* ''Chitose Mimpō'' ([[Chitose, Hokkaido|Chitose]])
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* ''Yūbari Times'' ([[Yūbari, Hokkaido|Yūbari]])
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* ''Nemuro Shimbun'' ([[Nemuro, Hokkaido|Nemuro]])
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* ''Haboro Times'' ([[Haboro, Hokkaido|Haboro]])


== [[Tōhoku region]] ==
== [[Tōhoku region]] ==
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** ''Tsugaru Shimpō'' ([[Kuroishi, Aomori|Kuroishi]])
** ''Tsugaru Shimpō'' ([[Kuroishi, Aomori|Kuroishi]])
* '''Iwate'''
* '''Iwate'''
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** ''Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun'' ([[Kamaishi, Iwate|Kamaishi]])
** ''Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Ichinoseki, Iwate|Ichinoseki]])
** ''Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Ichinoseki, Iwate|Ichinoseki]])
** ''Morioka Times'' ([[Morioka, Iwate|Morioka]])
** ''Morioka Times'' ([[Morioka, Iwate|Morioka]])
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** ''Ōtsuchi Shimbun'' ([[Ōtsuchi, Iwate|Ōtsuchi]])
** ''Tankō Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Ōshū, Iwate|Ōshū]])
** ''Tankō Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Ōshū, Iwate|Ōshū]])
** ''Tōkai Shimpō'' ([[Ōfunato, Iwate|Ōfunato]])
** ''Tōkai Shimpō'' ([[Ōfunato, Iwate|Ōfunato]])
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** ''Hokuroku Shimbun'' ([[Ōdate, Akita|Ōdate]])
** ''Hokuroku Shimbun'' ([[Ōdate, Akita|Ōdate]])
** ''Hokuu Shimpō'' ([[Noshiro, Akita|Noshiro]])
** ''Hokuu Shimpō'' ([[Noshiro, Akita|Noshiro]])
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** ''Ōdate Shimpō'' (Ōdate)
** ''Senboku Shimbun'' (Daisen)
** ''Senboku Shimbun'' (Daisen)
* '''Yamagata'''
* '''Yamagata'''
** ''Shōnai Nippō'' ([[Tsuruoka, Yamagata|Tsuruoka]])
** ''Shōnai Nippō'' ([[Tsuruoka, Yamagata|Tsuruoka]])
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** ''Yonezawa Shimbun'' ([[Yonezawa, Yamagata|Yonezawa]])
* '''Fukushima'''
* '''Fukushima'''
** ''Abukuma Jihō'' ([[Sukagawa, Fukushima|Sukagawa]])
** ''Abukuma Jihō'' ([[Sukagawa, Fukushima|Sukagawa]])
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** ''Iwaki Mimpō'' ([[Iwaki, Fukushima|Iwaki]])
** ''Iwaki Mimpō'' ([[Iwaki, Fukushima|Iwaki]])
** ''Yūkan Yamatsuri'' ([[Yamatsuri, Fukushima|Yamatsuri]])
** ''Yūkan Yamatsuri'' ([[Yamatsuri, Fukushima|Yamatsuri]])
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** ''Ōtsuchi Shimbun'' ([[Ōtsuchi, Iwate|Ōtsuchi]])


=== Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region ===
=== Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region ===
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* ''Minamisanriku Shimbun'' (Minamisanriku, 2008 – 2011)
* ''Minamisanriku Shimbun'' (Minamisanriku, 2008 – 2011)
* ''Fujisato Shimbun'' ([[Fujisato, Akita|Fujisato]], 1959 – 2012)
* ''Fujisato Shimbun'' ([[Fujisato, Akita|Fujisato]], 1959 – 2012)
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* ''Ōdate Shimpō'' (Ōdate, 1980 – 2015)
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* ''Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun'' ([[Kamaishi, Iwate|Kamaishi]], 2011 – 2021)
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* ''Yonezawa Shimbun'' ([[Yonezawa, Yamagata|Yonezawa]], 1879 – 2021)


== [[Kantō region]] ==
== [[Kantō region]] ==
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* '''Saitama'''
* '''Saitama'''
** ''Bunka Shimbun'' ([[Hannō, Saitama|Hannō]])
** ''Bunka Shimbun'' ([[Hannō, Saitama|Hannō]])
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** ''Nikkan Shimmimpō'' ([[Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa]])
* '''Chiba'''
* '''Chiba'''
** ''Bōnichi Shimbun'' ([[Tateyama, Chiba|Tateyama]])
** ''Bōnichi Shimbun'' ([[Tateyama, Chiba|Tateyama]])
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** ''Shinsei Mimpō'' ([[Odawara, Kanagawa|Odawara]])
** ''Shinsei Mimpō'' ([[Odawara, Kanagawa|Odawara]])
* '''[[Tokyo|Tōkyō]]'''
* '''[[Tokyo|Tōkyō]]'''
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** ''Nankai Times'' ([[Hachijō, Tokyo|Hachijō]])
** ''Nishitama Shimbun'' ([[Fussa, Tokyo|Fussa]])
** ''Nishitama Shimbun'' ([[Fussa, Tokyo|Fussa]])
** ''Ogasawara Shimbun'' ([[Ogasawara, Tokyo|Ogasawara]])
** ''Ogasawara Shimbun'' ([[Ogasawara, Tokyo|Ogasawara]])
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* ''[[Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun]]'' (Tokyo, 1872 – 1943)
* ''[[Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun]]'' (Tokyo, 1872 – 1943)
* ''[[Heimin Shinbun]]'' (Tokyo, 1903 – 1915)
* ''[[Heimin Shinbun]]'' (Tokyo, 1903 – 1915)
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* ''Nikkan Shimmimpō'' ([[Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa]], 1952 – 2012)
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* ''Nankai Times'' ([[Hachijō, Tokyo|Hachijō]])


== [[Chūbu region]] ==
== [[Chūbu region]] ==

=== Block papers of Chūbu region ===
* ''[[Chūnichi Shimbun]]''

=== Prefecture papers of Chūbu region ===
=== Prefecture papers of Chūbu region ===
* '''[[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]]'''
* '''[[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]]'''
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** ''Ōito Times'' ([[Ōmachi, Nagano|Ōmachi]])
** ''Ōito Times'' ([[Ōmachi, Nagano|Ōmachi]])
** ''Shimin Times'' ([[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto]])
** ''Shimin Times'' ([[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto]])
** ''Shinshū Nippō'' (Iida)
** ''Suzaka Shimbun'' ([[Suzaka, Nagano|Suzaka]])
** ''Suzaka Shimbum'' ([[Suzaka, Nagano|Suzaka]])
* '''Niigata'''
* '''Niigata'''
** ''Echigo Journal'' ([[Sanjō, Niigata|Sanjō]])
** ''Echigo Journal'' ([[Sanjō, Niigata|Sanjō]])
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** ''Gakuyō Shimbun'' ([[Fujinomiya, Shizuoka|Fujinomiya]])
** ''Gakuyō Shimbun'' ([[Fujinomiya, Shizuoka|Fujinomiya]])
** ''Izu Shimbun'' ([[Itō, Shizuoka|Itō]])
** ''Izu Shimbun'' ([[Itō, Shizuoka|Itō]])
** ''Kyōdo Shimbun'' ([[Kakegawa, Shizuoka|Kakegawa]])
** ''Numazu Asahi Shimbun'' ([[Numazu, Shizuoka|Numazu]])
** ''Numazu Asahi Shimbun'' ([[Numazu, Shizuoka|Numazu]])
** ''Numazu Shimbun'' (Numazu)
** ''Numazu Shimbun'' (Numazu)
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* ''Kōshoku Shimbun'' ([[Chikuma, Nagano|Chikuma]], 1982 – 2011)
* ''Kōshoku Shimbun'' ([[Chikuma, Nagano|Chikuma]], 1982 – 2011)
* ''Chūnō Shimbun'' ([[Seki, Gifu|Seki]], 1947 – 2011)
* ''Chūnō Shimbun'' ([[Seki, Gifu|Seki]], 1947 – 2011)
* ''Shinshū Nippō'' (Iida, 1956 - 2013)
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* ''Kyōdo Shimbun'' ([[Kakegawa, Shizuoka|Kakegawa]])


== [[Kinki region]] ==
== [[Kinki region]] ==
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** ''[[Jimmin Shimbun]]'' ([[Ibaraki, Osaka|Ibaraki]])
** ''[[Jimmin Shimbun]]'' ([[Ibaraki, Osaka|Ibaraki]])
* '''[[Nara Prefecture|Nara]]'''
* '''[[Nara Prefecture|Nara]]'''
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** ''Nara Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Nara, Nara|Nara]])
** ''Nara Shimbun'' (Nara)
** ''Nara Shimbun'' (Nara)
* '''[[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]]'''
* '''[[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]]'''
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* ''Ōsaka Shimbun'' (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
* ''Ōsaka Shimbun'' (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
* ''[[Doyōbi]]'' (Kyoto, 1936 – 1937)
* ''[[Doyōbi]]'' (Kyoto, 1936 – 1937)
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* ''Nara Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Nara, Nara|Nara]], 2006 - 2019)


== [[Chūgoku region]] ==
== [[Chūgoku region]] ==
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* '''Ehime'''
* '''Ehime'''
** ''Yawatahama Mimpō'' ([[Yawatahama, Ehime|Yawatahama]])
** ''Yawatahama Mimpō'' ([[Yawatahama, Ehime|Yawatahama]])
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** ''Yawatahama Shimbun'' (Yawatahama)


=== Defunct newspapers of Shikoku ===
=== Defunct newspapers of Shikoku ===
* ''Nikkan Shin Ehime'' ([[Matsuyama, Ehime|Matsuyama]], 1960 – 1986)
* ''Nikkan Shin Ehime'' ([[Matsuyama, Ehime|Matsuyama]], 1960 – 1986)
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* ''Yawatahama Shimbun'' (Yawatahama, 1928 – 2019)


== [[Kyūshū]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] ==
== [[Kyūshū]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] ==
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** ''Itoshima Shimbun'' ([[Itoshima, Fukuoka|Itoshima]])
** ''Itoshima Shimbun'' ([[Itoshima, Fukuoka|Itoshima]])
** ''Kokura Times'' ([[Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka|Kitakyūshū]])
** ''Kokura Times'' ([[Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka|Kitakyūshū]])
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** ''Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Kurume, Fukuoka|Kurume]])
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** ''Nikkan Ōmuta'' (Ōmuta)
* '''Saga'''
* '''Saga'''
** ''Tosu Shimbun'' ([[Tosu, Saga|Tosu]])
** ''Tosu Shimbun'' ([[Tosu, Saga|Tosu]])
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* ''Kagoshima Shimpō'' ([[Kagoshima, Kagoshima|Kagoshima]], 1959 – 2004)
* ''Kagoshima Shimpō'' ([[Kagoshima, Kagoshima|Kagoshima]], 1959 – 2004)
* ''Karatsu Shimbun'' ([[Karatsu, Saga|Karatsu]], 1946 – 2008)
* ''Karatsu Shimbun'' ([[Karatsu, Saga|Karatsu]], 1946 – 2008)
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* ''Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun'' ([[Kurume, Fukuoka|Kurume]], 1957 – 2017)
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* ''Nikkan Ōmuta'' (Ōmuta, 1985 – 2018)


== Sports papers ==
== Sports papers ==
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* ''[[Akahata]] (Red Flag)'' (newspaper of the [[Japanese Communist Party]], daily)
* ''[[Akahata]] (Red Flag)'' (newspaper of the [[Japanese Communist Party]], daily)
* ''Jiyu Minshu'' (newspaper of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)]], weekly)
* ''Jiyu Minshu'' (newspaper of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)]], weekly)
* ''Komei Shinbun'' (newspaper of the [[Komeito]], daily)
* ''[[Komei Shimbun]]'' (newspaper of the [[Komeito]], daily)
* ''Press Minshu'' (newspaper of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]], sub-weekly)
* ''Press Minshu'' (newspaper of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]], sub-weekly)
* ''Shakai Shimpo'' (newspaper of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)]], weekly)
* ''Shakai Shimpo'' (newspaper of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)]], weekly)
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* ''Tenji Mainichi''
* ''Tenji Mainichi''


==Stance and circulation, only morning (2007)==
==Stance and circulation, only morning (2022) ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2009}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2009}}
* ''Yomiuri'': conservative (high quality paper) 10,042,075
* ''Yomiuri'': conservative (high quality paper) 6,860,000
* ''Asahi'': left (high quality paper) 8,093,885
* ''Asahi'': left (high quality paper) 4,290,000
* ''Mainichi'': liberal/left (high quality paper) 3,974,559
* ''Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 2,320,000
* ''Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 3,475,049
* ''Mainichi'': liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,930,000
* ''Nihon Keizai'': business, conservative (high quality paper) 3,034,481
* ''Nihon Keizai'': business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,750,000
* ''Tokyo Sports'': (sports) 2,228,000
* ''Nikkan Geadai'': left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
* ''Tokyo Sports'': (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
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* ''Sankei'': right (high quality paper) 2,191,587
* ''Nikkan Sports'': 1,970,000
* ''Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports'': 1390,000
* ''Nikkan Geadai'': left (tabloid) 1,681,500
* ''Nikkan Sports'': 1,350,000
* ''Yukan Fuji'': right (tabloid) 1,559,000
* ''Houchi Shimbun'': (sports) 1,350,000
* ''Akahata'' (''Red Flag''): Communist Party bulletin 1,680,000
* ''Sankei Sports'': 1,230,000
* ''Houchi Shimbun'': (sports) 1,428,000
* ''Yukan Fuji'': right (tabloid) 1,050,000
* ''Sankei Sports'': 1,367,734
* ''Sankei'': right (high quality paper) 1,02 0,000
* ''Akahata'' (''Red Flag''): Communist Party bulletin 1,000,000
* ''[[Hokkaido Shimbun]]'': left (high quality paper) 1,209,231
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* ''[[Hokkaido Shimbun]]'': left (high quality paper) 84,0000
* ''Daily Sports'': 963,000
* ''Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports'': 942,034
* ''Daily Sports'': 640,000
* ''Nishinippon Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 852,943
* ''Shizuoka Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 537,000
* ''Chugoku Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 719,194
* ''Chugoku Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 510,000
* ''Shizuoka Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 717,000
* ''Nishinippon Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 427,000
* ''Kobe Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 562,011
* ''Shinano Mainichi Shimbun'': liberal (high quality paper) 412 ,000
* ''Kyoto Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 506,841
* ''Kobe Shimbun'': left (high quality paper) 408,100
* ''Kahoku Shimpo'': liberal (high quality paper) 504,953
* ''Shinano Mainichi Shimbun'': liberal (high quality paper) 485,000
* ''Kanagawa Shimbun'': liberal (high quality paper) 300,000


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | first = William | last = De Lange | title = A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State | publisher = Toyo Press | year=2023 | isbn = 978-94-92722-393 }}
* {{cite book|title=Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=[[Europa Publications]] |isbn=978-1-85743-254-1 |chapter=Japan: Directory: the Press |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA2354 }}
* {{cite book|title=Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=[[Europa Publications]] |isbn=978-1-85743-254-1 |chapter=Japan: Directory: the Press |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA2354 }}
* {{citation |url= http://www.digitalnewsreport.org/survey/2020/japan-2020/ |author= [[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism]], University of Oxford |location=UK |work= Digital News Report |oclc=854746354 |year=2020 |title= Japan }}
* {{citation |url= http://www.digitalnewsreport.org/survey/2020/japan-2020/ |author= [[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism]], University of Oxford |location=UK |work= Digital News Report |oclc=854746354 |year=2020 |title= Japan }}

Latest revision as of 05:52, 2 June 2024

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]

Block papers of 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]

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]

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