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Founded in 1874, [13] the Yomiuri Shimbun is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world as of 2019, [14] [15] having a morning circulation of 7.0 million as of June 2021. [6] The paper is printed twice a day and in several different local editions. The Yomiuri Shimbun established the Yomiuri Prize in 1949.
Currently, the Yomiuri Shimbun Group is a holding company, consisting of aforementioned three Headquarters that publish newspapers; a publishing company named Chuokoron Shinsha; the management base of the professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants; and a number of amusement parks, leisure and public sports facilities such as Yomiuri Land. In ...
In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country. Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.) Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: The Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun. [2]
One of the first kawaraban ever printed, depicting the fall of Osaka Castle, 17th century. Japanese newspapers began in the 17th century as yomiuri (読売, literally 'to read and sell') or kawaraban (瓦版, literally 'tile-block printing', referring to the use of clay printing blocks), which were printed handbills sold in major cities to commemorate major social gatherings or events.
Matsutarō Shōriki (正力 松太郎, Shōriki Matsutarō, April 11, 1885 – October 9, 1969) was a Japanese media proprietor and politician. He was the owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun, founder of the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Television Network Corporation.
Yomiuri Open, a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour until 2006; Yomiuri International, a golf tournament on the Far East/Asian Circuit from 1962 to 1971; Yomiuri Pro Championship, an invitational golf tournament held from 1952 to 1961; Yomiuri Shimbun, a conservative Japanese newspaper; Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, a Japanese television ...
The Yomiuri Indépendant Exhibition was established by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper in 1949 in an effort to "democratize the art world" and foster free thinking and free expression. [8] [9] The mastermind behind the exhibition was journalist Hideo Kaidō, a member of the Yomiuri's Culture Section.
The Yomiuri Shimbun Building (読売新聞ビル) is a skyscraper located in Ōtemachi, Tokyo, Japan. [1]The construction of the 200-meter tower was finished in 2013. The building houses the Tokyo headquarters of the Yomiuri Shimbun, a daily newspaper that is part of the Yomiuri Group, Japan's largest media conglomerate. [2]