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 First issue 'Chugai Bukka Shimpo', 1876 | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Format | Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)[1] |
| Owner | Nikkei, Inc. |
| Publisher | Tsuneo Kita |
| Founded | 2 December 1876; 148 years ago (1876-12-02) (asThe Nihon Keizai Shimbun) |
| Political alignment | Centre-right[2][a] Neoliberalism[2] Conservative liberalism Conservatism[6] |
| Language | Japanese andEnglish |
| Headquarters | Tokyo,Japan |
| Country | Japan |
| Circulation | 1,361,000 Morning 970,000Electronic version[7] |
| Website | www |
The Nikkei, also known asThe Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞;lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication ofNikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. TheNikkei 225, a stock market index for theTokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950.[8]
It is one of the four nationalnewspapers in Japan; the other three areThe Asahi Shimbun, theYomiuri Shimbun and theMainichi Shimbun.
The roots of the Nikkei started with an in-house newspaper department ofMitsui & Company in 1876 when it started publication ofChugai Bukka Shimpo (literallyDomestic and Foreign Commodity Price Newspaper), a weekly market-quotation bulletin. The department was spun out as theShokyosha in 1882. The paper became daily (except Sunday) in 1885 and was renamedChugai Shōgyō Shimpo in 1889. It was merged withNikkan Kōgyō andKeizai Jiji and renamedNihon Sangyō Keizai Shimbun in 1942. It changed its name to theNihon Keizai Shimbun in 1946.[9]
An agreement withSingapore Press Holdings was signed on April 25, 1990 for the printing of a same-day edition for Southeast Asia, which was set to be published for the first time in Singapore from October 1.[10]
According to Shusuke Murai and Reiji Yoshida fromThe Japan Times, critics say the Nikkei is "depending too much on leaks — apparently provided by corporate insiders — and the paper is often seen as reluctant to bluntly criticize Japanese firms."[11]The New York Times reporterHiroko Tabuchi said the Nikkei's purchase of the FT was "Worrying", further stating that "[The] Nikkei is basically a PR machine for Japanese biz; it initially ignored the2011 Olympus accounting scandal (which the FT broke). Nikkei has also hardly covered theTakata airbag defect; almost no investigative work on that issue whatsoever. Nikkei is Japan Inc."[12]
On August 10, 2020, threeHong Kong Police Force officers visited the Hong Kong branch ofThe Nikkei with a court order amid investigations over an advertisement placed in the newspaper a year prior calling for international support for thepro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.[13]
... Finally, within the mass media, the centre- right Nihon Keizai Shimbun broadly speaks on behalf of a neoliberal vision for Japan and would be an effective mouthpiece for a neoliberal coalition, given its reputation ...
... Sankei, Yomiuri, and The Nikkei are considered conservative, while Mainichi and Asahi are moderate and liberal, respectively. ...
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