List Of Newspapers In Japan - Japan News English

The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. In 2009 the number of the newspapers was 110 in the country.

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

National papers

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• Yomiuri Shimbun (conservative, daily) 10,042,075
• Asahi Shimbun (centre-left, daily) 8,093,885
• Mainichi Shimbun (centre-left, daily) 3,974,559
• Sankei Shimbun (conservative, daily) 2,191,587
• Nikkei Shimbun (conservative, daily) 3,034,481

Hokkaido

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Block papers of Hokkaido

• Hokkaidō Shimbun

Regional papers of Hokkaido

• Ishikari
  • Chitose Mimpō (Chitose)
• Sorachi
  • Kitasorachi Shimbum (Fukagawa)
  • Minamisorachi Shimpō (Kuriyama)
  • Press Sorachi (Takikawa)
  • YÅ«bari Times (YÅ«bari)
• Shiribeshi
  • Otaru Shimpō (Otaru)
• Iburi
  • Muroran Mimpō (Muroran)
  • Tomakomai Mimpō (Tomakomai)
• Hidaka
  • Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun (Urakawa)
• Oshima
  • Hakodate Shimbun (Hakodate)
• Kamikawa
  • Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa)
  • Biei Shimbun (Biei)
  • Dōhoku Nippō (Shibetsu)
  • Hokuto Shimbun (Nayoro)
  • Nayoro Shimbun (Nayoro)
  • Nikkan Furano (Furano)
• Rumoi
  • Haboro Times (Haboro)
  • Nikkan Rumoi Shimbun (Rumoi)
• Sōya
  • Nikkan Sōya (Wakkanai)
  • Wakkanai Press (Wakkanai)
• Okhotsk
  • Abashiri Times (Abashiri)
  • Bihoro Shimbun (Bihoro)
  • Hokkai MinyÅ« Shimbun (Mombetsu)
  • Keizai no Denshobato (Kitami)
  • Kunneppu Shimpō (Kunneppu)
  • Memambetsu Shimbun (ÅŒzora)
  • Oketo Times (Oketo)
  • Tsubetsu Shimpō (Tsubetsu)
  • Yamanami (Engaru)
• Tokachi
  • Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun (Obihiro)
• Kushiro
  • Kushiro Shimbun (Kushiro)
• Nemuro
  • Nemuro Shimbun (Nemuro)

Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido

• Kitami Mainichi Shimbun (Kitami, 1950 â€" 1989)
• Akabira Shimpō (Akabira, 1962 â€" 1990)
• Nikkan Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa, 1984 â€" 1992)
• Okhotsk Shimbun (Kitami, 1989 â€" 1993)
• Bibai Shimpō (Bibai, 1949 â€" 1996)
• Hokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 â€" 1998)
• Nahokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 â€" 1998)
• Kitami Gorjetsu(Kitami, 1912 â€" 2001)
• Abashiri Shimbun (Abashiri, 1947 â€" 2004)
• Mikasa Times (Mikasa, 1949 â€" 2007)
• Bibai Shimbun (Bibai, 1996 â€" 2007)
• Sorachi Times (Ashibetsu, 1950 â€" 2007)
• Shari Shimbun (Shari, 1979 â€" 2008)
• Ishikari MinyÅ« Shimbun (Ishikari, 1988 â€" 2009)
• Sapporo Times (Sapporo, 1999 â€" 2009)
• Okhotsk Shimbun (former Mombetsu Shimbun, Mombetsu, 1958 â€" 2009)
• Nikkan Iwamizawa Shimbun (Iwamizawa, 1949 â€" 2009)
• Engaru Shimbun (Engaru, 1976 â€" 2015)

Tōhoku region

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Block paper of Tōhoku region

• Kahoku Shimpō

Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region

• Aomori
  • Tōō Nippō
• Iwate
  • Iwate Nippō
• Akita
  • Akita Sakigake Shimpō
• Yamagata
  • Yamagata Shimbun
• Fukushima
  • Fukushima Minpō

Regional papers of Tōhoku region

• Aomori
  • Daily Tōhoku (Hachinohe)
  • Mutsu Shimpō (Hirosaki)
  • Tsugaru Shimpō (Kuroishi)
• Iwate
  • Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun (Kamaishi)
  • Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun (Ichinoseki)
  • Morioka Times (Morioka)
  • ÅŒtsuchi Shimbun (ÅŒtsuchi)
  • Tankō Nichinichi Shimbun (ÅŒshÅ«)
  • Tōkai Shimpō (ÅŒfunato)
• Miyagi
  • Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun (Ishinomaki)
  • Ishinomaki Kahoku (Ishinomaki)
  • ÅŒsaki Times (ÅŒsaki)
  • Riasu no Kaze (Kesennuma)
  • Sanriku Shimpō (Kesennuma)
• Akita
  • Akita Mimpō (Daisen)
  • Hokuroku Shimbun (ÅŒdate)
  • Hokuu Shimpō (Noshiro)
  • ÅŒdate Shimpō (ÅŒdate)
  • Senboku Shimbun (Daisen)
• Yamagata
  • Shōnai Nippō (Tsuruoka)
  • Yonezawa Shimbun (Yonezawa)
• Fukushima
  • Abukuma Jihō (Sukagawa)
  • Fukushima MinyÅ« (Fukushima)
  • Iwaki Mimpō (Iwaki)
  • YÅ«kan Yamatsuri (Yamatsuri)

Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region

• Miyagi Times (Kesennuma, â€" 1995)
• Ishinomaki Shimbun (Ishinomaki, 1946 â€" 1998)
• Kamaishi Shimpō (Kamaishi, 1982 â€" 1999)
• Jōyō Shimbun (Minamisanriku, â€" 2007)
• Senpoku Shimbun (Naruko, â€" 2007)
• Iwate Tōkai Shimbun (Kamaishi, 1948 â€" 2011)
• Minamisanriku Shimbun (Minamisanriku, 2008 â€" 2011)
• Fujisato Shimbun (Fujisato, 1959 â€" 2012)

Kantō region

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Block paper of Kantō region

• Tokyo Shimbun (Chunichi Shimbun in Chubu)

Prefecture papers of Kantō region

• Ibaraki
  • Ibaraki Shimbun
• Tochigi
  • Shimotsuke Shimbun
• Gunma
  • Jōmō Shimbun
• Saitama
  • Saitama Shimbun
• Chiba
  • Chiba Nippō
• Kanagawa
  • Kanagawa Shimbun

Regional papers of Kantō region

• Tochigi
  • Mōka Shimbun (Mōka)
• Gunma
  • KiryÅ« Times (KiryÅ«)
• Saitama
  • Bunka Shimbun (Hannō)
  • Nikkan Shimmimpō (Tokorozawa)
• Chiba
  • Bōnichi Shimbun (Tateyama)
• Kanagawa
  • Shinsei Mimpō (Odawara)
• Tōkyō
  • Nankai Times (Hachijō)
  • Nishitama Shimbun (Fussa)
  • Ogasawara Shimbun (Ogasawara)
  • Setagaya Shimbun (Setagaya)
  • Suginami Shimbun (Suginami)
  • Tama Tōkyō Nippō (Akishima)
  • Toshima Shimbun (Toshima)
  • Weekly News Nishi no Kaze (Oume)

Defunct newspapers of Kantō region

• Tōkyō Times (Kōtō, 1946 â€" 1992)
• Tochigi Shimbun (Utsunomiya 1950 â€" 1996)
• Hitachi Mimpō (Hitachi, 1950 â€" 2000)
• Shin Ibaraki (Mito 1952 â€" 2003)
• Nikkan Jōsō Shimbun (Chōshi, 1975 â€" 2009)
• Tama Newtown Times (Tama, 1969 â€" 2012)
• Bōsō Jiji Shimbun (Kisarazu, 1949 â€" 2012)
• Jōyō Shimbun (Tsuchiura, 1948 â€" 2013)

Chūbu region

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Block paper of Chūbu region

• Chunichi Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Chūbu region

• Yamanashi
  • Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun
• Nagano
  • Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
• Niigata
  • Niigata Nippō
• Toyama
  • Kitanippon Shimbun
• Ishikawa
  • Hokkoku Shimbun
• Fukui
  • Fukui Shimbun
• Shizuoka
  • Shizuoka Shimbun
• Gifu
  • Gifu Shimbun

Regional papers of Chūbu region

• Yamanashi
  • Yamanashi Shimpō (Kōfu)
  • Yatsugatake Journal (Hokuto)
• Nagano
  • MinamishinshÅ« Shimbun (Iida)
  • Nagano Nippō (Suwa)
  • Okaya Shimin Shimbun (Okaya)
  • ÅŒito Times (ÅŒmachi)
  • Shimin Times (Matsumoto)
  • ShinshÅ« Nippō (Iida)
  • Suzaka Shimbum (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)
  • Kyōdo Shimbun (Kakegawa)
  • 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 â€" 2000)
• Suwa MaiyÅ« Shimbun (Suwa, 1954 â€" 2004)
• ChÅ«bu Shimpō (Hekinan, 1959 â€" 2004)
• Kokoku Shimbun (Shimosuwa, 1946 â€" 2005)
• Hida News (Hida, 1995 â€" 2005)
• Ina Mainichi Shimbun (Ina, 1955 â€" 2008)
• Hakuba Shimbun (Hakuba, 1975 â€" 2008)
• Nagoya Times (Nagoya, 1946 â€" 2008)
• Kōshoku Shimbun (Chikuma, 1982 â€" 2011)
• ChÅ«nō Shimbun (Seki, 1947 â€" 2011)

Kinki region

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Prefecture papers of Kinki region

• Kyōto
  • Kyōto Shimbun
• Hyōgo
  • Kōbe Shimbun

Regional papers of Kinki region

• Mie
  • Ise Shimbun (Tsu)
  • Kisei Shimbun (Owase)
  • Nanki Shimpō (Kumano)
  • Tōkai Keizai Shimbun (Tsu)
  • Yoshino Kumano Shimbun (Kumano)
  • YÅ«kan Mie (Matsusaka)
• Shiga
  • ÅŒmi Dōmei Shimbun (Hikone)
  • Shiga Hōchi Shimbun (HIgashiōmi)
• Kyōto
  • Ayabe Shimin Shimbun (Ayabe)
  • Kameoka Shimin Shimbun (Kameoka)
  • Maizuru Shimin Shimbun (Maizuru)
  • Rakunan Times (Uji)
  • Ryōtan Nichinichi Shimbun (Fukuchiyama)
• ÅŒsaka
  • ÅŒsaka Nichinichi Shimbun (ÅŒsaka)
• Nara
  • Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (Nara)
  • Nara Shimbun (Nara)
• Wakayama
  • Hidaka Shimpō (Gobō)
  • Kii Mimpō (Wakayama)
  • Kinan Shimbun (ShingÅ«)
  • KishÅ« Shimbun (Gobō)
  • Kumano Shimbun (ShingÅ«)
  • Wakayama Shimpō (Wakayama)

Defunct newspapers of Kinki region

• Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun (ÅŒtsu, 1922 â€" 1979)
• Kansai Shimbun (ÅŒsaka, â€" 1991)
• ÅŒsaka Shimbun (ÅŒsaka, 1946 â€" 2002)

Chūgoku region

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Block paper of Chūgoku region

• ChÅ«goku Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region

• Tottori
  • Nihonkai Shimbun
• Shimane
  • Sanin Chūō Shimpō
• Okayama
  • Sanyō Shimbun
• Yamaguchi
  • Yamaguchi Shimbun

Regional papers of Chūgoku region

• Shimane
  • Shimane Nichinichi Shimbun (Matsue)
• Okayama
  • Bihoku Mimpō (Niimi)
  • Tsuyama Asahi Shimbun (Tsuyama)
• Hiroshima
  • Nishihiroshima Times (Hiroshima)
  • Taiyō Shimbun (Fukuyama)
• Yamaguchi
  • Bōnichi Shimbun (Hōfu)
  • Hōfu Nippō (Hōfu)
  • Nikkan Iwakuni (Iwakuni)
  • Nikkan ShinshÅ«nan (ShÅ«nan)
  • Saikyō Shimbun (Yamaguchi)
  • Ube Nippō (Ube)
  • Yanai Nichinichi Shimbun (Yanai)

Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region

• Bōchō Shimbun (Iwakuni, 1964 â€" 2006)
• Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun (Okayama, 1946 â€" 2011)

Shikoku

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Prefecture papers of Shikoku

• Kagawa
  • Shikoku Shimbun
• Tokushima
  • Tokushima Shimbun
• Ehime
  • Ehime Shimbun
• Kōchi
  • Kōchi Shimbun

Regional papers of Shikoku

• Kagawa
  • Shikoku Times (Takamatsu)
• Tokushima
  • Tribune Shikoku (Tokushima)
• Ehime
  • Yawatahama Mimpō (Yawatahama)
  • Yawatahama Shimbun (Yawatahama)

Defunct newspapers of Shikoku

• Nikkan Shin Ehime (Matsuyama, 1960 â€" 1986)

Kyūshū, Okinawa

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Block paper of Kyūshū

• Nishinippon Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

• Saga
  • Saga Shimbun
• Nagasaki
  • Nagasaki Shimbun
• Kumamoto
  • Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
• ÅŒita
  • ÅŒita Gōdō Shimbun
• Miyazaki
  • Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun
• Kagoshima
  • Minaminippon Shimbun
• Okinawa
  • Okinawa Times
  • RyÅ«kyÅ« Shimpō

Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

• Fukuoka
  • Ariake Shimpō (ÅŒmuta)
  • Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun (Fukuoka)
  • Itoshima Shimbun (Itoshima)
  • Kokura Times (KitakyÅ«shÅ«)
  • Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun (Kurume)
  • Nikkan ÅŒmuta (ÅŒmuta)
• Saga
  • Tosu Shimbun (Tosu)
• Nagasaki
  • Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki)
  • Iki Nippō (Iki)
  • Shimabara Shimbun (Shimabara)
  • Tsushima Shimbun (Tsushima)
• Kumamoto
  • Nikkan Hitoyoshi Shimbun (Hitoyoshi)
• ÅŒita
  • Konnichi Shimbun (Beppu)
• Miyazaki
  • YÅ«kan Daily (Nobeoka)
• Kagoshima
  • Amami Shimbun (Naze)
  • MinamikyÅ«shÅ« Shimbun (Kanoya)
  • Nankai Nichinichi Shimbun (Naze)
• Okinawa
  • Miyako Mainichi Shimbun (Miyakojima)
  • Miyako Shimpō (Miyakojima)
  • Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun (Ishigaki)
  • Yaeyama Nippō (Ishigaki)

Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū

• Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 â€" 1992)
• Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 â€" 2004)
• Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 â€" 2008)

Sports papers

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

Party organs

• Akahata (Red Flag) (newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party, daily)
• Jiyu Minshu (newspaper of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan),weekly)
• Komei Shinbun (newspaper of the Komeito,daily)
• Press Minshu (newspaper of the Democratic Party of Japan,sub-weekly)
• Shakai Shimpo (newspaper of the Social Democratic Party (Japan),weekly)

Business papers

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

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
• Nippon Nogyo Shinbun
• The Suisan Times

Tabloids

• Nikkan Gendai
• Yukan Fuji

English language papers

• International Herald Tribune / The Asahi Shimbun
• The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri)
• The Japan Times
• Nikkei Asian Review
• The Wall Street Journal Asia
• Tokyo Reporter, translates Japanese tabloids

Chinese language papers

• Chubun Doho
• Jiho Shyukan
• Toho Doho

Braille papers

• Tenji Mainichi

Stance and circulation, only morning (2007)

• Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 10,042,075
• Asahi: left (high quality paper) 8,093,885
• Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 3,974,559
• Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 3,475,049
• Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 3,034,481
• Tokyo Sports: (sports) 2,228,000
• Sankei: right (high quality paper) 2,191,587
• Nikkan Sports: 1,970,000
• Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,681,500
• Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,559,000
• Akahata (Red Flag): Communist Party bulletin 1,680,000
• Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,428,000
• Sankei Sports: 1,367,734
• Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 1,209,231
• Daily Sports: 963,000
• Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 942,034
• Nishinippon Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 852,943
• Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 719,194
• Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 717,000
• Kobe Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 562,011
• Kyoto Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 506,841
• Kahoku Shimpo: liberal (high quality paper) 504,953
• Shinano Mainichi Shimbun: liberal (high quality paper) 485,000
• Kanagawa Shimbun: liberal (high quality paper) 300,000

References

Further reading

• "Japan: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.