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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Format | Blanket (54.6 cm × 40.65 cm) |
| Owner(s) | Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd. |
| Publisher | Uichirō Ohshima |
| Founded | September 25, 1884 |
| Political alignment | Centre-left toleft-wing[1] Progressivism Social liberalism Social democracy Environmentalism |
| Language | Japanese |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Circulation | Morning edition: 407,777 Evening edition: 133,708 (ABC Japan, average for June 2021) |
| Website | www |
The Tokyo Shimbun (東京新聞,Tōkyō Shinbun,lit. 'Tokyo Newspaper') is a Japanese newspaper published by TheChunichi Shimbun Company. The group publishes newspapers under the brand name of The Tokyo Shimbun in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and under The Chunichi Shimbun in the Nagoya Metropolitan Area. The group's combined daily morning circulation is 2.3 million. As of July 2021, according to the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, the average daily circulation ofThe Tokyo Shimbun's morning edition was 407,777 and its evening edition sold 133,708 copies daily.[2]
The Chunichi Shimbun Company's headquarters is inNagoya, Japan. Its total workforce number is 2,783.The Tokyo Shimbun newspaper is also the owner of theChunichi Dragons, a professional Japanesebaseball team.
The group dates back to 1888 when a regional newspaper was founded in Nagoya. In 1942, the newspaper merged with theMiyako Shimbun, which was another Nagoya-based newspaper. The publication took its current form by merging with a Tokyo-based paper in 1967.
The group has thirteen foreign bureaus. They are inNew York City,Washington, D.C.,London,Paris,Berlin,Moscow,Cairo,Beijing,Shanghai,Taipei,Seoul,Manila, andBangkok.
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