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List of newspapers in Japan

The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. 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.

National papers

Big six

Hokkaido

Block papers of Hokkaido

Regional papers of Hokkaido

Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido

  • Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa, 1915 -　1943)
  • 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 MinyÅ« 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)
  • YÅ«bari Times (YÅ«bari)
  • Nemuro Shimbun (Nemuro)
  • Haboro Times (Haboro)

Tōhoku region

Block paper of Tōhoku region

Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region

Regional papers of Tōhoku region

Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region

  • 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

Prefecture papers of Kantō region

Regional papers of Kantō region

Defunct newspapers of Kantō region

Chūbu region

Block papers of Chūbu region

Prefecture papers of Chūbu region

Regional papers of Chūbu region

  • Yamanashi
  • Yamanashi Shimpō (Kōfu)
  • Yatsugatake Journal (Hokuto)
  • Nagano
  • MinamishinshÅ« Shimbun (Iida)
  • Nagano Nippō (Suwa)
  • Okaya Shimin Shimbun (Okaya)
  • Ōito Times (Ōmachi)
  • Shimin Times (Matsumoto)
  • Suzaka Shimbun (Suzaka)
  • Niigata
  • Echigo Journal (Sanjō)
  • Jōetsu Times (Jōetsu)
  • Kashiwazaki Nippō (Kashiwazaki)
  • Nagaoka Shimbun (Nagaoka)
  • Ojiya Shimbun (Ojiya)
  • Sanjō Shimbun (Sanjō)
  • ShÅ«hō Tōkamachi (Niigata)
  • Tōkamachi Shimbun (Tōkamachi)
  • Tōkamachi Times (Tōkamachi)
  • Tsunan Shimbun (Tsunan)
  • Toyama
  • Jōhana Jihō (Nanto)
  • Toyama Shimbun (Toyama)
  • Ishikawa
  • Hokuriku ChÅ«nichi Shimbun (Kanazawa)
  • Fukui
  • Nikkan Kenmin Fukui (Fukui)
  • Shizuoka
  • Fuji News (Fuji)
  • Gakuyō Shimbun (Fujinomiya)
  • Izu Shimbun (Itō)
  • Numazu Asahi Shimbun (Numazu)
  • Numazu Shimbun (Numazu)
  • Aichi
  • ChÅ«bu 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

  • Himi Shimbun (Himi, 1936 – 2000)
  • Suwa MaiyÅ« Shimbun (Suwa, 1954 – 2004)
  • ChÅ«bu 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)
  • ChÅ«nō Shimbun (Seki, 1947 – 2011)
  • ShinshÅ« Nippō (Iida, 1956 - 2013)
  • Kyōdo Shimbun (Kakegawa)

Kinki region

Prefecture papers of Kinki region

Regional papers of Kinki region

Defunct newspapers of Kinki region

  • 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

Block paper of Chūgoku region

Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region

Regional papers of Chūgoku region

Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region

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

Shikoku

Prefecture papers of Shikoku

Regional papers of Shikoku

Defunct newspapers of Shikoku

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

Kyūshū, Okinawa

Block paper of Kyūshū

Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū

  • Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 – 1992)
  • Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 – 2004)
  • Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 – 2008)
  • Iki Nippō (Iki, 1913 - 2012)
  • Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki, 1999 -　2016)
  • Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun (Kurume, 1957 – 2017)
  • Nikkan Ōmuta (Ōmuta, 1985 – 2018)

Sports papers

Party organs

Business papers

Industry papers

  • 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

English language papers

Chinese language papers

  • Chubun Doho
  • Jiho Shyukan
  • Toho Doho

Braille papers

  • Tenji Mainichi

Stance and circulation, only morning (2024)

  • Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 5,850,000
  • Asahi: left (high quality paper) 3,390,000
  • Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 2,100,000
  • Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
  • Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,490,000
  • Tokyo Sports: (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
  • Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,370,000
  • Nikkan Sports: 1,350,000
  • Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,350,000
  • Sankei Sports: 1,230,000
  • Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,050,000
  • Akahata (Red Flag):Japanese Communist Party bulletin 900,000
  • Sankei: right (high quality paper) 840,000
  • Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 800,000
  • Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 750,000
  • Daily Sports: 640,000
  • Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 498,000
  • Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 487,000

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