List of newspapers in Japan

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Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.)

Contents 1 National papers 2 Quasi National papers 3 Business and industry papers 4 Local papers 5 Sports papers 6 Tabloids 7 English language papers 8 Stance & circulation, only morning (2007) 9 The number of newspapers per 1,000 people

[edit] National papers

• Asahi Shimbun
• Mainichi Shimbun
• Nihon Keizai Shimbun
• Sankei Shimbun
• Yomiuri Shimbun

[edit] Quasi National papers

• Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun
• Association of 3. (Hokkaido Shimbun, Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun, Nishinippon Shimbun)

[edit] Business and industry papers

• Fuji Sankei Business i.
• Nihon Kogyo Simbun
• Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
• Nikkei Kinyu Simbun, (Nikkei Financial Daily)
• Nikkei Ryutsu Simbun, (Nikkei Marketing Journal)
• Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun

[edit] Local papers

• Ainu Times
• Akita Sakigake Shimpo
• Chiba Nippo
• Chugoku Shimbun
• Daily Tohoku
• Ehime Shimbun
• Fukui Shimbun
• Fukushima Minpo
• Fukushima Minyu
• Gifu Shimbun
• Hokkaido Shimbun
• Hokkoku Shimbun
• Hokuriku Chunichi Shimbun
• Ibaraki Shimbun
• Ise Shimbun
• Iwate Nippo
• Jomo Shimbun
• Kahoku Shimpo
• Kanagawa Shimbun
• Kitanippon Shimbun
• Kobe Shimbun
• Kochi Shimbun
• Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
• Kyoto Shimbun
• Minaminippon Shimbun
• Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun
• Nagasaki Shimbun
• Nara Shimbun
• Nihonkai Shimbun
• Niigata Nippo
• Nishinippon Shimbun
• Oita Godo Shimbun
• Okinawa Times
• Ryūkyū Shimpo
• Saga Shimbun
• Saitama Shimbun
• Sanin Chuo Shimpo
• Sanyō Shimbun
• Shikoku Shimbun
• Shimotsuke Shimbun
• Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
• Shizuoka Shimbun
• Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun
• Tokushima Shimbun
• Too Nippo
• Yamagata Shimbun
• Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun

[edit] Sports papers

• Chukyo Sports
• Chunichi Sports
• Daily Sports
• Doshin Sports
• Kyūshū Sports
• Nikkan Sports
• Nishinippon Sports
• Osaka Sports
• Sankei Sports
• Sports Hochi (formerly the Hochi Shimbun)
• Sports Nippon
• Tokyo Chunichi Sports
• Tokyo Sports

[edit] Tabloids

• Nikkan Gendai
• Yukan Fuji

[edit] English language papers

• The Daily Yomiuri
• International Herald Tribune / The Asahi Shimbun
• The Japan Times

[edit] Stance & circulation, only morning (2007)

• 1. Yomiuri : conservative (quality paper) 10,042,075
  2. Asahi : Left (quality paper) 8,093885
  3. Mainichi : Liberal/left (quality paper) 3,974,559
  4. Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun : Left (quality paper) 3,475,049
  5. Nihon Keizai : Economy (quality paper) 3,034,481
  6. Tokyo Sports : (Sports) 2,228,000
  7. Sankei : Right (quality paper) 2,191,587
  8. Nikkan Sports 1,970,000
  9. Nikkan Geadai : Left (Tabloid) 1,681,500
  10. Yukan Fuji : Right (Tabloid) 1,559,000
  11. Akahata (Red Flag) : Communist Party bulletin 1,500,000
  12. Houchi Shimbun : (Sports) 1,428,000
  13. Sankei Sports 1,367,734
  14. Hokkaido Shimbun : Left (quality paper) 1,209,231
  15. Daily Sports 963,000
  16. Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports 942,034
  17. Nishinippon Shimbun : Left (quality paper) 852,943
  18. Chugoku Shimbun : Left (quality paper) 719,194
  19. Shizuoka Shimbun : Left (quality paper) 717,000
  20. Kobe Shimbun : Left (quality paper) 562,011
  21. Kyoto Shimbun : Left (quality paper) 506,841
  22. Kahoku Shimpo : Liberal (quality paper) 504,953

[edit] The number of newspapers per 1,000 people

• 1 Iceland 795.7
• 2 Japan 634.5
• 3 Norway 626.3
• 4 Sweden 583.4
• 5 Finland 518.4
• 6 South Korea 449.8
• 7 Denmark 442.9

Source:WAN "World Press Trends"（2006）[1]