Asahi Shinbun

Asahi Shinbun (Morning Sun Newspaper) is a major newspaper in Japan. It is based in Osaka. It started in 1879. It is left-wing. It publishes a daily English-language edition online.

The Asahi Shimbun
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First issue on 25 January 1879
TypeDaily newspaper
Company type: Private
FormatBroadsheet[1]
Owner(s)Repurchased shares (25%)
Murayama family (21.02%; 10% through the KOSETSU Museum of Art)
Ueno family (total 14.22% by Shōichi Ueno's death in 2016)
TV Asahi (11.88%)
Toppan (7.31%)
Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdcorp (2.31%)
Founder(s)Murayama Ryōhei [ja]
Ueno Riichi [ja]
Founded25 January 1879
HeadquartersNakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
CountryJapan
Circulation
  • Decrease 5,160,355 (2020)[2]
  • Decrease 5,954,336 (2018)[3]
  • Decrease 6,572,195 (2016)[4]
  • 7,960,000 (2010)[5]
Websitewww.asahi.com (Japanese)
www.asahi.com/ajw (English)
File:Flag of the Asahi Shinbun Company.svg
Flag of the Asahi Shimbun Company

Asahi Shinbun Media

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  7. The press in Japan - Gotcha. 20 September 2014. https://www.economist.com/asia/2014/09/20/gotcha. Retrieved 21 February 2020. "The Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading left-of-centre newspaper, with a circulation of 7.3m, is battling for its reputation after a third embarrassing ...". 
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  9. Saul J. Takahashi (2019). Civil and Political Rights in Japan: A Tribute to Sir Nigel Rodley. "... affiliated with the left of centre newspaper Asahi Shimbun, has been a particular target."
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  12. Fackler, Martin (2016-05-27). "The Silencing of Japan's Free Press" (in en). Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/the-silencing-of-japans-free-press-shinzo-abe-media/. Retrieved 2020-03-05. "That announcement capped a difficult year-and-a-half for independent media that saw the largest liberal newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun, subdued and other critical commentators removed from the airwaves.". 

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