TheSankei Shimbun (産経新聞,Sankei Shinbun), name short forSangyō Keizai Shinbun (産業経済新聞,lit.'Industrial and Economic News'), is a daily national newspaper[26] in Japan published by theSankei Shimbun Co., Ltd, ranking amongst the top five most circulated newspapers in Japan.[27] Together with its English-language paperJapan Forward, theSankei Shimbun has been described as having a conservative, nationalist, right-wing to far-right[20][21][22] political stance. It has previously published materials downplaying or denyingJapanese war crimes.[28]
TheSankei Shimbun was created by the merger of two older newspapers:Jiji News andNihon Kogyō Shimbun.Jiji News was founded in 1882 by author, translator, and journalistFukuzawa Yukichi, who also foundedKeio University.Nihon Kogyō Shimbun, founded in 1933 by Hisakichi Maeda, specialized in business and was published by theMinami-Osaka Shimbun (theSouth Osaka Evening newspaper). In 1941, theOsaka Shimbun (renamed fromMinami-Osaka Shimbun) merged withOsaka Jiji Shimpō (Jiji-Shimpō Osaka edition). The following year,Nihon Kogyō Shimbun merged with other business newspapers in Western Japan, and changed its name to theSangyō Keizai Shimbun (or theSankei). In 1955, theSankei merged withJiji Shimpō. In 1959, theSankei andJiji Shimpō were placed under theSankei Shimbunmasthead.[29]
In 1958, theSankei was acquired by Shigeo Mizuno and Nobutaka Shikanai. After financial difficulties, it changed direction from being liberal to being conservative (Tenkō). Both Mizuno and Shikanai would go on to foundFuji Television a year later.[30]
TheSankei Shimbun started twoonline newspapers in 1996:Sankei Web, in website style, andE-NEWS, inpersonal digital assistant style. In 2001, theSankei Shimbun started a new electronic newspaper delivery edition,NEWSVUE. In 2002, theSankei Shimbun merged withOsaka Shimbun. Both editions were placed under theSankei Shimbun masthead. In 2005, theSankei Shimbun added video to its digital edition, suitable forsmartphone, and renamed it asSankei NetView. In 2007, theSankei Shimbun started a new online newspaper,MSN Sankei News [ja], in collaboration withMicrosoft. In 2014 theSankei Shimbun rebranded its online news asSankei News.[29]
In 2017,Sankei Shimbun launched the English language online websiteJapan Forward.
Sankei Shimbun (産経新聞,Sankei Shimbun), a national newspaper.
FujiSankei Business i (フジサンケイビジネスアイ,FujiSankei Business i), an industry & business & economy newspaper that renamedNihon Kogyo Shimbun (Japan Industry Newspaper) in March 2004, which ended publication in July 2021.[citation needed]
Sankei Sports (サンケイスポーツ, Sankei Sports), a Japanese daily sports newspaper since 1955.
Yukan Fuji (夕刊フジ, Fuji Evening Edition), a Japanese daily eveningtabloid newspaper[31] since 1969. suspended publication on 2025.
Keiba Eight (競馬エイト, Horse Racing Eight), ahorse racing newspaper since 1971.
Osaka Shimbun (大阪新聞), aKansai regional evening newspaper that suspended publication in 2002.
Sankei Express (サンケイエクスプレス（産経エクスプレス）), a targeted at young people newspaper founded in 2006.
In August 2014,South Korea filed suit against theSankei for insults against presidentPark Geun-hye, published in one of the newspaper's articles, and demandedTatsuya Kato, head of the Seoul Bureau, present himself for questioning.[33][34][35][36] The article in question covered several rumors about Park during thesinking of MVSewol, referring to Korean news reports in the conservative newspaperThe Chosun Ilbo; however, only theSankei was charged with defamation, considered an anti-Korean newspaper in Korea.[37] The Japanese media assumed the suit was a warning to theSankei.[38][39] Kato, who was eventually acquitted of defamation charges in December 2015, was under prosecution without detention for a year and two months.[40] The South Korean court said press freedoms were taken into consideration in arriving at Kato's acquittal.
In December 2014, the newspaper apologized after running an advert forantisemitic books by conspiracy theorist Richard Koshimizu.[41][42]
On February 11, 2015, regular columnistAyako Sono wrote an opinion piece opining that though she considered it necessary for Japan to accept more immigrants to bolster its decreasing workforce, it would also be necessary for Japan to take steps to ensure the separation of immigrants in regards to living conditions, citing South Africanapartheid as an example of how to achieve this goal.[43][44][45]
In July 2015,Sankei Shimbun published the history bookHistory Wars: Japan – False Indictment of the Century, which questioned the veracity of claims ofJapanese war crimes during World War II.[28]
In September 2015, several hundred academics and journalists were sent copies ofHistory Wars andGetting Over it! Why Korea Needs to Stop Bashing Japan. The book mailings were part of a project by right-wing groups such as theNippon Kaigi to improve international perceptions of Japan.[32] A covering letter from politicianInoguchi Kuniko read in part: "In East Asia, the regional history of the 20th century has been incorrectly distorted [sic] by some individuals due to their current domestic political ambitions, I believe it is important for you, as a highly esteemed member of the academic and policy circles [sic], to look into the books which I am enclosing with this letter."[32]
Tokyo Police Officers Prize (都民の警察官,Tomin no Keisatsukan) – An award founded in 1952.
Peoples' Self-Defense Officials Prize (国民の自衛官,Kokumin no Jieikan) – An award recognizingself-defense officials[clarify] founded in 2002.
Sankei Children's Book Award (産経児童出版文化賞,Sankei jidou shuppan bunka Shō) – The oldest children's literature award in Japan.
Naniwa Art Festival (なにわ藝術祭,Naniwa Geijutu Sai)[b] – Major traditional culture award for the arts ofrakugo (comedic Japanese verbal entertainment),buyō (Japanese dance),modern dance, classical music andjazz, awarded since 1964.
Sankei International Calligraphic Art Exhibition (産経国際書展,Sankei Kokusai Sho-Ten) – A majorkanji (Japanese calligraphy) award founded in 1984.
Masami Abe, first reported the abduction of Japanese nationals by the North Korean regime in 1979, for which he was awarded the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association Award[48]
^Jeff Kingston, ed. (2016).Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan.Routledge.ISBN9781317234357.... Likely, the author knows that he can spin whatever version of reality he wants to because his readers don't know better and, as subscribers to the reactionarySankei Shimbun, are predisposed to dismiss any criticism of Japan or PM Abe ...
^Harvard University's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies published an analysis of the Japanese media's political spectrum, as part of an analysis of the constitutional reform issue. According to Harvard: "TheSankei Shimbun has generally been recognized as a "conservative" newspaper".
^abMatthews, Eugene A. (January 28, 2009)."Japan's New Nationalism".Foreign Affairs. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2020.... And such sentiments appear regularly inSankei Shimbun, Japan's nationalist daily ...
^ab"Japanese right muzzling liberal media: Analysts".The Straits Times. December 9, 2014. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2020.TheSankei Shimbun, a robustly nationalistic paper, and the right-wingYomiuri Shimbun – the world's biggest newspaper with 10 million copies sold daily – devoted acres of coverage to the episode.
^"Nationalism, nuclear power and Japans fragile media opposition".East Asia Forum. October 1, 2014. "But the newspaper world has become polarised into two ideological camps: the pro-nuclear camp led byYomiuri Shimbun and the right-wingSankei Shimbun ..."
^"Japan May Be Moving Right Politically, But Its Communist Party Still Holds Some Sway With Voters".Forbes. October 30, 2017. RetrievedJuly 3, 2020.They are subject to constant surveillance and harassment. Yet, their popularity has not waned. The party's newspaper,Akahata (赤旗), has over 1.12 million readers and one weekly magazine predicts they may eclipse Japan's far right newspaper,Sankei Shimbun in the near future.
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