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List of newspapers in Japan

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

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Big six

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Hokkaido

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Block papers of Hokkaido

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Regional papers of Hokkaido

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Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido

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  • 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)

Tōhoku region

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Block paper of Tōhoku region

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Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region

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Regional papers of Tōhoku region

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Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region

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  • 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

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Prefecture papers of Kantō region

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Regional papers of Kantō region

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Defunct newspapers of Kantō region

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Chūbu region

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Block papers of Chūbu region

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Prefecture papers of Chūbu region

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Regional papers of Chūbu region

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  • Yamanashi
  • 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
  • Ishikawa
  • Fukui
    • Nikkan Kenmin Fukui (Fukui)
  • Shizuoka
  • 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

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  • 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)

Kinki region

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Prefecture papers of Kinki region

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Regional papers of Kinki region

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Defunct newspapers of Kinki region

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  • Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōtsu, 1922 – 1979)
  • Kansai Shimbun (Ōsaka, – 1991)
  • Ōsaka Shimbun (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
  • Doyōbi (Kyoto, 1936 – 1937)
  • Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (Nara, 2006 - 2019)

Chūgoku region

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Block paper of Chūgoku region

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Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region

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Regional papers of Chūgoku region

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Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region

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  • Bōchō Shimbun (Iwakuni, 1964 – 2006)
  • Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun (Okayama, 1946 – 2011)

Shikoku

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Prefecture papers of Shikoku

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Regional papers of Shikoku

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Defunct newspapers of Shikoku

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  • Nikkan Shin Ehime (Matsuyama, 1960 – 1986)
  • Yawatahama Shimbun (Yawatahama, 1928 – 2019)

Kyūshū, Okinawa

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Block paper of Kyūshū

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Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

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Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

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  • Fukuoka
  • Saga
  • Nagasaki
    • Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki)
    • Iki Nippō (Iki)
    • Shimabara Shimbun (Shimabara)
    • Tsushima Shimbun (Tsushima)
  • Kumamoto
  • Ōita
  • Miyazaki
  • 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

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  • Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 – 1992)
  • Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 – 2004)
  • Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 – 2008)
  • Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun (Kurume, 1957 – 2017)
  • Nikkan Ōmuta (Ōmuta, 1985 – 2018)

Sports papers

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Party organs

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Business papers

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Industry papers

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  • 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

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English language papers

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Chinese language papers

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  • Chubun Doho
  • Jiho Shyukan
  • Toho Doho

Braille papers

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  • Tenji Mainichi

Stance and circulation, only morning (2022)

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  • Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 6,860,000
  • Asahi: left (high quality paper) 4,290,000
  • Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 2,320,000
  • Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,930,000
  • Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,750,000
  • Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
  • Tokyo Sports: (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
  • Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 1390,000
  • Nikkan Sports: 1,350,000
  • Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,350,000
  • Sankei Sports: 1,230,000
  • Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,050,000
  • Sankei: right (high quality paper) 1,02 0,000
  • Akahata (Red Flag): Communist Party bulletin 1,000,000
  • Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 84,0000
  • Daily Sports: 640,000
  • Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 537,000
  • Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 510,000
  • Nishinippon Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 427,000
  • Shinano Mainichi Shimbun: liberal (high quality paper) 412 ,000
  • Kobe Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 408,100

References

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  1. ^ Yamamoto Taketoshi (Summer 1989). "The Press Clubs of Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies. 15 (2): 371–388. doi:10.2307/132360. JSTOR 132360.
  2. ^ Mark Hollstein (2008). "Japan's Insider and Outside Media Discourse about the SDF Dispatch to Iraq". In Eldridge, Robert D.; Midford, Paul (eds.). Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism (1st ed.). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-349-60328-2. Retrieved April 16, 2022.

Further reading

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