List of newspapers in Japan
The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870.[1] In 2009 the number of the newspapers was 110 in the country.[2]
Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.)
National papers
- Yomiuri Shimbun (conservative, daily) 10,042,075
- Asahi Shimbun (centre-left, daily) 8,093,885
- Mainichi Shimbun (centre-left, daily) 3,974,559
- Sankei Shimbun (conservative,[3] daily) 2,191,587
- Nikkei Shimbun (conservative, daily) 3,034,481
Hokkaido
Block papers of Hokkaido
- Hokkaidō Shimbun
Regional papers of Hokkaido
- Ishikari
- Chitose Mimpō (Chitose)
- Sorachi
- Shiribeshi
- Otaru Shimpō (Otaru)
- Iburi
- Hidaka
- Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun (Urakawa)
- Oshima
- Hakodate Shimbun (Hakodate)
- Kamikawa
- Rumoi
- Sōya
- Nikkan Sōya (Wakkanai)
- Wakkanai Press (Wakkanai)
- Okhotsk
- Tokachi
- Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun (Obihiro)
- Kushiro
- Kushiro Shimbun (Kushiro)
- Nemuro
- Nemuro Shimbun (Nemuro)
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)
Tōhoku region
Block paper of Tōhoku region
Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region
Regional papers of Tōhoku region
- Aomori
- Daily Tōhoku (Hachinohe)
- Mutsu Shimpō (Hirosaki)
- Tsugaru Shimpō (Kuroishi)
- Iwate
- Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun (Kamaishi)
- Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun (Ichinoseki)
- Morioka Times (Morioka)
- Ōtsuchi Shimbun (Ōtsuchi)
- 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
- 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)
Kantō region
Block paper of Kantō region
- Tokyo Shimbun (Chunichi Shimbun in Chubu)
Prefecture papers of Kantō region
Regional papers of Kantō region
- Tochigi
- Mōka Shimbun (Mōka)
- Gunma
- Kiryū Times (Kiryū)
- Saitama
- Bunka Shimbun (Hannō)
- Nikkan Shimmimpō (Tokorozawa)
- Chiba
- Bōnichi Shimbun (Tateyama)
- Kanagawa
- Shinsei Mimpō (Odawara)
- Tōkyō
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)
Chūbu region
Block paper of 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
- Jōhana Jihō (Nanto)
- Toyama Shimbun (Toyama)
- Ishikawa
- Hokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun (Kanazawa)
- Fukui
- Nikkan Kenmin Fukui (Fukui)
- Shizuoka
- Fuji News (Fuji)
- Gakuyō Shimbun (Fujinomiya)
- Izu Shimbun (Itō)
- Kyōdo Shimbun (Kakegawa)
- Numazu Asahi Shimbun (Numazu)
- Numazu Shimbun (Numazu)
- Aichi
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)
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)
- Nara
- Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (Nara)
- Nara Shimbun (Nara)
- Wakayama
Defunct newspapers of Kinki region
- Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōtsu, 1922 – 1979)
- Kansai Shimbun (Ōsaka, – 1991)
- Ōsaka Shimbun (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
Chūgoku region
Block paper of Chūgoku region
- Chūgoku Shimbun
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
- Kagawa
- Shikoku Times (Takamatsu)
- Tokushima
- Tribune Shikoku (Tokushima)
- Ehime
- Yawatahama Mimpō (Yawatahama)
- Yawatahama Shimbun (Yawatahama)
Defunct newspapers of Shikoku
- Nikkan Shin Ehime (Matsuyama, 1960 – 1986)
Kyūshū, Okinawa
Block paper of Kyūshū
Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū
- Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 – 1992)
- Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 – 2004)
- Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 – 2008)
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 Shinbun (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
- Nippon Nogyo Shinbun
- The Suisan Times
Tabloids
- Nikkan Gendai
- Yukan Fuji
English language papers
- International Herald Tribune / The Asahi Shimbun
- The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri)
- The Japan Times
- Nikkei Asian Review
- The Wall Street Journal Asia
- Tokyo Reporter, translates Japanese tabloids
Chinese language papers
- Chubun Doho
- Jiho Shyukan
- Toho Doho
Braille papers
- Tenji Mainichi
Stance and circulation, only morning (2007)
- Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 10,042,075
- Asahi: left (high quality paper) 8,093,885
- Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 3,974,559
- Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 3,475,049
- Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 3,034,481
- Tokyo Sports: (sports) 2,228,000
- Sankei: right (high quality paper) 2,191,587
- Nikkan Sports: 1,970,000
- Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,681,500
- Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,559,000
- Akahata (Red Flag): Communist Party bulletin 1,680,000
- Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,428,000
- Sankei Sports: 1,367,734
- Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 1,209,231
- Daily Sports: 963,000
- Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 942,034
- Nishinippon Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 852,943
- Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 719,194
- Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 717,000
- Kobe Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 562,011
- Kyoto Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 506,841
- 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
- Yamamoto Taketoshi (Summer 1989). "The Press Clubs of Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies. 15 (2). JSTOR 132360.
- "Nikkei Media Data". Nikkei Media Group. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- "The Rise of Japan's Thought Police". The Washington Times. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
Further reading
- "Japan: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
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