Nishinippon Shimbun
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The Nishinippon Shimbun | |
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Type | Daily newspaper |
Format | Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm) |
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Owner | The Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd. |
Publisher | Akishige Tada |
Founded | March, 1877 |
Language | Japanese |
Price | Morning edition: 130 Yen/copy Evening edition: 50 Yen/copy Subscription: 3,925 Yen/month (Morining and evening edition) |
Headquarters | Fukuoka |
Circulation | Morning edition: 849,361 Evening edition: 177,891 (ABC Japan, average for January-June 2005) |
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Website: www.nishinippon.co.jp |
The Nishinippon Shimbun (西日本新聞 Nishinippon Shinbun?, lit. West-Japan newspaper) is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by The Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd (株式会社西日本新聞社 Kabushiki-gaisha Nishinippon Shinbunsha?). As of May 2006, it has the circulation of a million as a total of morning and evening editions. Headquartered in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, the newspaper covers readers over Kyūshū, Okinawa and Yamaguchi Prefecture.
The Nishinippon Shimbun sponsors the Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden, the world's longest relay race.