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 Shiodome Media Tower, headquarters of Kyodo News in Minato, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Formerly | Domei News Agency |
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| Company type | Nonprofit cooperative news agency |
| Industry | News agency |
| Founded | 1945; 81 years ago (1945) |
| Founder | Furuno Inosuke |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Minato-ku, Higashi-Shimbashi 1-chome No. 7 No. 1 |
Area served | Japan and worldwide |
Key people | Toshimitsu Sawai (President) |
| 40.7 billion yen (Fiscal year ended March 2012) | |
Number of employees | 1,621 (as of April 1, 2022[update]) |
| Subsidiaries | Kyodo News International |
| Website | www |
Kyodo News (共同通信社,Kyōdō Tsūshinsha) is anonprofitcooperativenews agency based inMinato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost allnewspapers, andradio andtelevision networks inJapan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 millionsubscribers.K. K. Kyodo News is Kyodo News' business arm, established in 1972.[1] The subdivisionKyodo News International, founded in 1982, provides over 200 reports to international news media and is located inRockefeller Center,New York City.[1]
Their online news site is inJapanese,Chinese (Simplified andTraditional),Korean, andEnglish.
The agency employs over 1,000journalists andphotographers, and maintains news exchange agreements with over 70 international media outlets.[1]
Kyodo News was formed byFuruno Inosuke, the president of theDomei News Agency, following the dissolution of Domei after World War II.[2]
In July 2025, the English language version of the online Kyodo News service was rebranded asJapan Wire by Kyodo News. It had been formerly known asKyodo News Plus.[3]
Media related toKyodo News at Wikimedia CommonsKyodo News
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