List of newspapers in Japan

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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.)

Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: The Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun.

National papers[]

Big six[]

Hokkaido[]

Block papers of Hokkaido[]

Regional papers of Hokkaido[]

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
    • Akita Mimpō (Daisen)
    • Hokuroku Shimbun (Ōdate)
    • Hokuu Shimpō (Noshiro)
    • Ōdate Shimpō (Ōdate)
    • Senboku Shimbun (Daisen)
  • Yamagata
    • Shōnai Nippō (Tsuruoka)
    • Yonezawa Shimbun (Yonezawa)
  • Fukushima
    • Abukuma Jihō (Sukagawa)
    • Fukushima Minyū (Fukushima)
    • Iwaki Mimpō (Iwaki)
    • Yūkan Yamatsuri (Yamatsuri)

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[]

Prefecture papers of Kantō region[]

Regional papers of Kantō region[]

  • Tochigi
  • Gunma
  • Saitama
    • Bunka Shimbun (Hannō)
    • Nikkan Shimmimpō (Tokorozawa)
  • Chiba
    • Bōnichi Shimbun (Tateyama)
  • Kanagawa
    • Shinsei Mimpō (Odawara)
  • Tōkyō
    • Nankai Times (Hachijō)
    • Nishitama Shimbun (Fussa)
    • Ogasawara Shimbun (Ogasawara)
    • Setagaya Shimbun (Setagaya)
    • Suginami Shimbun (Suginami)
    • Tama Tōkyō Nippō (Akishima)
    • Toshima Shimbun (Toshima)
    • Weekly News Nishi no Kaze (Oume)

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)

Chūbu region[]

Prefecture papers of Chūbu region[]

Regional papers of Chūbu region[]

  • Yamanashi
    • Yamanashi Shimpō (Kōfu)
    • Yatsugatake Journal (Hokuto)
  • Nagano
    • Minamishinshū Shimbun (Iida)
    • Nagano Nippō (Suwa)
    • Okaya Shimin Shimbun (Okaya)
    • Ōito Times (Ōmachi)
    • Shimin Times (Matsumoto)
    • Shinshū Nippō (Iida)
    • Suzaka Shimbum (Suzaka)
  • 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
    • 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[]

  • 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[]

Prefecture papers of Kinki region[]

Regional papers of Kinki region[]

  • Mie
    • Ise Shimbun (Tsu)
    • Kisei Shimbun (Owase)
    • Nanki Shimpō (Kumano)
    • Tōkai Keizai Shimbun (Tsu)
    • Yoshino Kumano Shimbun (Kumano)
    • Yūkan Mie (Matsusaka)
  • Shiga
  • Kyōto
    • Ayabe Shimin Shimbun (Ayabe)
    • Kameoka Shimin Shimbun (Kameoka)
    • Maizuru Shimin Shimbun (Maizuru)
    • Rakunan Times (Uji)
    • Ryōtan Nichinichi Shimbun (Fukuchiyama)
  • Ōsaka
  • Nara
    • Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (Nara)
    • Nara Shimbun (Nara)
  • Wakayama
    • Hidaka Shimpō (Gobō)
    • Kii Mimpō (Wakayama)
    • Kinan Shimbun (Shingū)
    • Kishū Shimbun (Gobō)
    • Kumano Shimbun (Shingū)
    • Wakayama Shimpō (Wakayama)

Defunct newspapers of Kinki region[]

  • Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōtsu, 1922 – 1979)
  • Kansai Shimbun (Ōsaka, – 1991)
  • Ōsaka Shimbun (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
  • Doyōbi (Kyoto, 1936 – 1937)

Chūgoku region[]

Block paper of Chūgoku region[]

Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region[]

Regional papers of Chūgoku region[]

  • Shimane
    • Shimane Nichinichi Shimbun (Matsue)
  • Okayama
    • Bihoku Mimpō (Niimi)
    • Tsuyama Asahi Shimbun (Tsuyama)
  • Hiroshima
    • Nishihiroshima Times (Hiroshima)
    • Taiyō Shimbun (Fukuyama)
  • Yamaguchi
    • Bōnichi Shimbun (Hōfu)
    • Hōfu Nippō (Hōfu)
    • Nikkan Iwakuni (Iwakuni)
    • Nikkan Shinshūnan (Shūnan)
    • Saikyō Shimbun (Yamaguchi)
    • Ube Nippō (Ube)
    • Yanai Nichinichi Shimbun (Yanai)

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
  • 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[]

  • Fukuoka
    • Ariake Shimpō (Ōmuta)
    • Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun (Fukuoka)
    • Itoshima Shimbun (Itoshima)
    • Kokura Times (Kitakyūshū)
    • Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun (Kurume)
    • Nikkan Ōmuta (Ōmuta)
  • Saga
  • Nagasaki
    • Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki)
    • Iki Nippō (Iki)
    • Shimabara Shimbun (Shimabara)
    • Tsushima Shimbun (Tsushima)
  • Kumamoto
  • Ōita
  • Miyazaki
    • Yūkan Daily (Nobeoka)
  • 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[]

  • Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 – 1992)
  • Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 – 2004)
  • Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 – 2008)

Sports papers[]

Party organs[]

Business papers[]

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[]

English language papers[]

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[]

  1. ^ Yamamoto Taketoshi (Summer 1989). "The Press Clubs of Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies. 15 (2). JSTOR 132360.
  2. ^ "Nikkei Media Data". Nikkei Media Group. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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