Sports Nippon (スポーツニッポン, Supōtsu Nippon), also known as Sponichi (スポニチ, Suponichi), is the first Japanese daily sports newspaper, having been founded in 1948. In a 1997 report it was called one of the "Big Three" sports papers in Japan, out of a field of 17 sports dailies.[1]

Sports Nippon
S-T Building, the headquarters of Sports Nippon Newspapers Company, Tonichi Printing Company and Tokyo Sports Press Company, in Tokyo
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Owner(s)Sports Nippon Newspapers Company
Founded1948
LanguageJapanese
Websitehttps://www.sponichi.co.jp/

It is an affiliate newspaper of the Mainichi Shimbun.

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  1. ^ Cooper-Chen, Anne (1997). Mass communication in Japan. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. p. 55-56. ISBN 9780813827100.

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