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List of newspapers in Japan
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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
- Yomiuri Shimbun (daily) 5,856,320
- The Asahi Shimbun (daily) 3,391,003
- Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun (daily) about2,100,000
- Mainichi Shimbun (daily) 1,499,571
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun (daily) 1,375,414
- Sankei Shimbun (daily) 849,791
Hokkaido
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Regional papers of Hokkaido
- Sorachi
- Shiribeshi
- Otaru Shimpō (Otaru)
- Iburi
- Hidaka
- Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun (Urakawa)
- Oshima
- Hakodate Shimbun (Hakodate)
- Kamikawa
- Rumoi
- Nikkan Rumoi Shimbun (Rumoi)
- Sōya
- Nikkan Sōya (Wakkanai)
- Wakkanai Press (Wakkanai)
- Okhotsk
- Tokachi
- Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun (Obihiro)
- Kushiro
- Kushiro Shimbun (Kushiro)
Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido
- Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa, 1915 - 1943)
- 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)
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Tōhoku region
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Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region
Regional papers of Tōhoku region
- Aomori
- Iwate
- Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun (Ichinoseki)
- Morioka Times (Morioka)
- Tankō Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōshū)
- Tōkai Shimpō (Ōfunato)
- Miyagi
- Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun (Ishinomaki)
- Ishinomaki Kahoku (Ishinomaki)
- Ōsaki Times (Ōsaki)
- Riasu no Kaze (Kesennuma)
- Sanriku Shimpō (Kesennuma)
- Akita
- Yamagata
- Shōnai Nippō (Tsuruoka)
- Fukushima
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
- Tōkyō Times (Kōtō, 1946 – 1992)
- Tochigi Shimbun (Utsunomiya, 1950 – 1996)
- Hitachi Mimpō (Hitachi, 1950 – 2000)
- Shin Ibaraki (Mito, 1952 – 2003)
- Nikkan Jōsō Shimbun (Chōshi, 1975 – 2009)
- Tama Newtown Times (Tama, 1969 – 2012)
- Bōsō Jiji Shimbun (Kisarazu, 1949 – 2012)
- Jōyō Shimbun (Tsuchiura, 1948 – 2013)
- Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun (Tokyo, 1872 – 1943)
- Heimin Shinbun (Tokyo, 1903 – 1915)
- Nikkan Shimmimpō (Tokorozawa, 1952 – 2012)
- Nankai Times (Hachijō)
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Chūbu region
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Prefecture papers of Chūbu region
Regional papers of Chūbu region
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)
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Kinki region
Prefecture papers of Kinki region
Regional papers of Kinki region
- Mie
- Shiga
- Ōmi Dōmei Shimbun (Hikone)
- Shiga Hōchi Shimbun (HIgashiōmi)
- Kyōto
- Ayabe Shimin Shimbun (Ayabe)
- Kameoka Shimin Shimbun (Kameoka)
- Maizuru Shimin Shimbun (Maizuru)
- Rakunan Times (Uji)
- Ryōtan Nichinichi Shimbun (Fukuchiyama)
- Ōsaka
- Ōsaka Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōsaka)
- Jimmin Shimbun (Ibaraki)
- Nara
- Nara Shimbun (Nara)
- Wakayama
Defunct newspapers of Kinki region
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Chūgoku region
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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)
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Shikoku
Prefecture papers of Shikoku
Regional papers of Shikoku
- Kagawa
- Shikoku Times (Takamatsu)
- Tokushima
- Tribune Shikoku (Tokushima)
- Ehime
- Yawatahama Mimpō (Yawatahama)
Defunct newspapers of Shikoku
- Nikkan Shin Ehime (Matsuyama, 1960 – 1986)
- Yawatahama Shimbun (Yawatahama, 1928 – 2019)
Kyūshū, Okinawa
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Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
- Fukuoka
- Ariake Shimpō (Ōmuta)
- Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun (Fukuoka)
- Itoshima Shimbun (Itoshima)
- Kokura Times (Kitakyūshū)
- Saga
- Tosu Shimbun (Tosu)
- Nagasaki
- Kumamoto
- Nikkan Hitoyoshi Shimbun (Hitoyoshi)
- Ōita
- Konnichi Shimbun (Beppu)
- Miyazaki
- Yūkan Daily (Nobeoka)
- Kagoshima
- Okinawa
- Miyako Mainichi Shimbun (Miyakojima)
- Miyako Shimpō (Miyakojima)
- Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun (Ishigaki)
- Yaeyama Nippō (Ishigaki)
Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū
Sports papers
- Chukyo Sports
- Chunichi Sports
- Daily Sports
- Doshin Sports
- Kyūshū Sports
- Nikkan Sports
- Nishinippon Sports
- Osaka Sports
- Sankei Sports
- Sports Hochi (formerly the Hochi Shimbun)
- Sports Nippon
- Tokyo Chunichi Sports
- Tokyo Sports
Party organs
- Akahata (Red Flag) (newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party, daily)
- Jiyu Minshu (newspaper of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), weekly)
- Komei Shimbun (newspaper of the Komeito, daily)
- Press Minshu (newspaper of the Democratic Party of Japan, sub-weekly)
- Shakai Shimpo (newspaper of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), weekly)
Business papers
- 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
- 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
- Nikkan Gendai
- Yukan Fuji
English language papers
- The Asahi Shimbun Asia and Japan Watch
- The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri)
- The Japan Times
- The Mainichi
- Nikkei Asian Review
- The Wall Street Journal Asia
- Tokyo Reporter, translates Japanese tabloids
- The Japan Times ST
- Asahi Weekly
- Japan Today
Chinese language papers
- Chubun Doho
- Jiho Shyukan
- Toho Doho
Braille papers
- Tenji Mainichi
Stance and circulation, only morning (2024)
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- Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 5,850,000
- Asahi: left (high quality paper) 3,390,000
- Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 2,100,000
- Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
- Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,490,000
- Tokyo Sports: (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
- Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,370,000
- Nikkan Sports: 1,350,000
- Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,350,000
- Sankei Sports: 1,230,000
- Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,050,000
- Akahata (Red Flag):Japanese Communist Party bulletin 900,000
- Sankei: right (high quality paper) 840,000
- Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 800,000
- Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 750,000
- Daily Sports: 640,000
- Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 498,000
- Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 487,000
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