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Headquarters of Chugoku Shimbun in Hiroshima.
The Chugoku Shimbun (中国新聞, Chūgoku Shinbun?) is a Japanese local daily newspaper based in Hiroshima. It serves the Chūgoku region of Japan with a market share in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane, and Okayama Prefectures. The newspaper publishes morning paper and evening editions. The morning paper has a daily circulation of 717,589. And the evening paper has a daily circulation of 75,337.
[edit] History
"The Daily Chugoku" was established on May 5, 1892 in Hiroshima and was founded by its editor, Saburo Yamamoto. The newspaper changed its name to "The Chugoku Shimbun" in 1908. The Chugoku Shimbun lost 113 employees and the building and equipment were completely destroyed by the A-Bomb on August 6, 1945. They had restarted publishing on August 9 by asking other newspapers help.
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