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ISSN. 0447-5763. OCLC number. 21225620. Website. www.japantimes.co.jp. The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. [1][2] It is published by The Japan Times, Ltd. (株式会社ジャパンタイムズ, Kabushiki gaisha Japan Taimuzu), a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.
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.)
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.
The Asahi Shimbun. Asahi Shimbun Osaka Head Office is on the 9th to the 12th floors. The Asahi Shimbun (朝日 新聞, IPA: [asaçi ɕiꜜmbɯɴ], lit. 'morning sun newspaper', English: Asahi News) is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a ...
The modern newspaper is a European invention. [1] The oldest direct handwritten news sheets circulated widely in Venice as early as 1566. These weekly news sheets were full of information on wars and politics in Italy and Europe. The first printed newspapers were published weekly in Germany from 1605. Typically, they were censored by the ...
The history of the Mainichi Shimbun began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper [citation needed] with its 136-year history. The Osaka Mainichi Shimbun was founded four years later, in 1876.
The Nikkei, also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞, lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been ...
Culture of Japan. The mass media in Japan include numerous television and radio networks as well as newspapers and magazines in Japan. For the most part, television networks were established based on capital investments by existing radio networks. Variety shows, serial dramas, and news constitute a large percentage of Japanese evening shows.