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.
First issue on 25 January 1879 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper Company type: Private |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet[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 Ueno Riichi |
| Founded | 25 January 1879 |
| Headquarters | Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Country | Japan |
| Circulation | |
| Website | www www |
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- ↑ 数字で見る朝日新聞Asahi. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ↑ No Title (in Japanese) (4 January 2021)The Asahi Shimbun. p. 7. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ↑ Strength of The Asahi Shimbun 2018The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ↑ 朝日新聞、4年間で発行部数105万減の衝撃…新聞業界、存亡の危機突入へbiz-journal. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ 全国紙の朝・夕刊別販売部数(単位:部)Yomiuri. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ↑ Japan paper Yomiuri Shimbun retracts 'sex slaves' references (28 November 2014)BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ↑ 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 ...".
- ↑ Japan PM to overturn pacifist defence policy. The Guardian (30 June 2014). Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ Japan's Asahi newspaper sacks editor over Fukushima report errors (12 September 2014)Financial Times. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ↑ Asahi Shimbun.
- ↑ 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.".