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The Yomiuri Shimbun (讀賣新聞 (よみうりしんぶん)) [7] is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. [8] It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan ; the other four are The Asahi Shimbun , the Chunichi Shimbun , the Mainichi Shimbun , and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun .
The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (株式会社読売新聞グループ本社, Kabushiki gaisha Yomiuri Shinbun gurūpu honsha) is a Japanese media conglomerate, and the holding company of the Yomiuri Shimbun.
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)
He played a significant role in Japanese media and politics, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said in an obituary of the news baron. As The Yomiuri Shimbun editor, Watanabe fostered relationships with ...
TOKYO (AP) — Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan's largest newspaper who had close ties with the country's powerful conservative leaders, has died, his company said Thursday. He was 98. Watanabe, the editor-in-chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun for over 30 years, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday, the Yomiuri said.
One of the first kawaraban ever printed, depicting the fall of Osaka Castle, 17th century. Japanese newspapers began in the 17th century as yomiuri (読売, literally 'to read and sell') or kawaraban (瓦版, literally 'tile-block printing', referring to the use of clay printing blocks), which were printed handbills sold in major cities to commemorate major social gatherings or events.
This article's focus is mass media and their interaction with politics in Japan. The five largest and most influential national newspapers are Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, and Nihon Keizai Shimbun [citation needed]. There are also more than 100 local newspapers.
Position Newspaper Country Language Circulation (thousands) 1: The Yomiuri Shimbun: Japan: Japanese: 9 101 2: The Asahi Shimbun: Japan: Japanese: 6 622 3: USA Today