List of newspapers in Japan explained

The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870.^[1] 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]

National papers

Big six

• Yomiuri Shimbun (daily) 6,860,222
• The Asahi Shimbun (daily) 4,298,513
• Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun (daily) 2,321,414
• Mainichi Shimbun (daily) 1,933,714
• Nihon Keizai Shimbun (daily) 1,753,877
• Sankei Shimbun (daily) 1,026,293

Block papers of Hokkaido

• Hokkaido Shimbun

Regional papers of Hokkaido

• Sorachi
  • Kitasorachi Shimbun (Fukagawa)
  • Press Sorachi (Takikawa)
• Shiribeshi
  • Otaru Shimpō (Otaru)
• Iburi
  • Muroran Mimpō (Muroran)
  • Tomakomai Mimpō (Tomakomai)
• Hidaka
  • Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun (Urakawa)
• Oshima
  • Hakodate Shimbun (Hakodate)
• Kamikawa
  • Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa)
  • Biei Shimbun (Biei)
  • Dōhoku Nippō (Shibetsu)
  • Hokuto Shimbun (Nayoro)
  • Nayoro Shimbun (Nayoro)
  • Nikkan Furano (Furano)
• Rumoi
  • Nikkan Rumoi Shimbun (Rumoi)
• Sōya
  • Nikkan Sōya (Wakkanai)
  • Wakkanai Press (Wakkanai)
• Okhotsk
  • Abashiri Times (Abashiri)
  • Bihoro Shimbun (Bihoro)
  • Hokkai Minyū Shimbun (Mombetsu)
  • Keizai no Denshobato (Kitami)
  • Kunneppu Shimpō (Kunneppu)
  • Memambetsu Shimbun (Ōzora)
  • Oketo Times (Oketo)
  • Tsubetsu Shimpō (Tsubetsu)
  • Yamanami (Engaru)
• Tokachi
  • Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun (Obihiro)
• Kushiro
  • Kushiro Shimbun (Kushiro)

Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido

• Kitami Mainichi Shimbun (Kitami, 1950 – 1989)
• Akabira Shimpō (Akabira, 1962 – 1990)
• Nikkan Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa, 1984 – 1992)
• Okhotsk Shimbun (Kitami, 1989 – 1993)
• Bibai Shimpō (Bibai, 1949 – 1996)
• Hokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 – 1998)
• Nahokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 – 1998)
• Kitami Gorjetsu (Kitami, 1912 – 2001)
• Abashiri Shimbun (Abashiri, 1947 – 2004)
• Mikasa Times (Mikasa, 1949 – 2007)
• Bibai Shimbun (Bibai, 1996 – 2007)
• Sorachi Times (Ashibetsu, 1950 – 2007)
• Shari Shimbun (Shari, 1979 – 2008)
• Ishikari Minyū Shimbun (Ishikari, 1988 – 2009)
• Sapporo Times (Sapporo, 1999 – 2009)
• Okhotsk Shimbun (former Mombetsu Shimbun, Mombetsu, 1958 – 2009)
• Nikkan Iwamizawa Shimbun (Iwamizawa, 1949 – 2009)
• Engaru Shimbun (Engaru, 1976 – 2015)
• Minamisorachi Shimpō (Kuriyama)
• Chitose Mimpō (Chitose)
• Yūbari Times (Yūbari)
• Nemuro Shimbun (Nemuro)
• Haboro Times (Haboro)

Block paper of Tōhoku region

• Kahoku Shimpō

Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region

• Aomori
  • Tōō Nippō
• Iwate
  • Iwate Nippō
• Akita
  • Akita Sakigake Shimpō
• Yamagata
  • Yamagata Shimbun
• Fukushima
  • Fukushima Minpō

Regional papers of Tōhoku region

• Aomori
  • Daily Tōhoku (Hachinohe)
  • Mutsu Shimpō (Hirosaki)
  • Tsugaru Shimpō (Kuroishi)
• Iwate
  • Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun (Ichinoseki)
  • Morioka Times (Morioka)
  • Tankō Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōshū)
  • Tōkai Shimpō (Ōfunato)
• Miyagi
  • Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun (Ishinomaki)
  • Ishinomaki Kahoku (Ishinomaki)
  • Ōsaki Times (Ōsaki)
  • Riasu no Kaze (Kesennuma)
  • Sanriku Shimpō (Kesennuma)
• Akita
  • Akita Mimpō (Daisen)
  • Hokuroku Shimbun (Ōdate)
  • Hokuu Shimpō (Noshiro)
  • Senboku Shimbun (Daisen)
• Yamagata
  • Shōnai Nippō (Tsuruoka)
• Fukushima
  • Abukuma Jihō (Sukagawa)
  • Fukushima Minyū (Fukushima)
  • Iwaki Mimpō (Iwaki)
  • Yūkan Yamatsuri (Yamatsuri)
  • Ōtsuchi Shimbun (Ōtsuchi)

Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region

• Miyagi Times (Kesennuma, – 1995)
• Ishinomaki Shimbun (Ishinomaki, 1946 – 1998)
• Kamaishi Shimpō (Kamaishi, 1982 – 1999)
• Jōyō Shimbun (Minamisanriku, – 2007)
• Senpoku Shimbun (Naruko, – 2007)
• Iwate Tōkai Shimbun (Kamaishi, 1948 – 2011)
• Minamisanriku Shimbun (Minamisanriku, 2008 – 2011)
• Fujisato Shimbun (Fujisato, 1959 – 2012)
• Ōdate Shimpō (Ōdate, 1980 – 2015)
• Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun (Kamaishi, 2011 – 2021)
• Yonezawa Shimbun (Yonezawa, 1879 – 2021)

Prefecture papers of Kantō region

• Ibaraki
  • Ibaraki Shimbun
• Tochigi
  • Shimotsuke Shimbun
• Gunma
  • Jōmō Shimbun
• Saitama
  • Saitama Shimbun
• Chiba
  • Chiba Nippō
• Kanagawa
  • Kanagawa Shimbun

Regional papers of Kantō region

• Tochigi
  • Mōka Shimbun (Mōka)
• Gunma
  • Kiryū Times (Kiryū)
• Saitama
  • Bunka Shimbun (Hannō)
• Chiba
  • Bōnichi Shimbun (Tateyama)
• Kanagawa
  • Shinsei Mimpō (Odawara)
• Tōkyō
  • Nishitama Shimbun (Fussa)
  • Ogasawara Shimbun (Ogasawara)
  • Setagaya Shimbun (Setagaya)
  • Suginami Shimbun (Suginami)
  • Tama Tōkyō Nippō (Akishima)
  • Toshima Shimbun (Toshima)
  • Weekly News Nishi no Kaze (Oume)

Defunct newspapers of Kantō region

• Tōkyō Times (Kōtō, 1946 – 1992)
• Tochigi Shimbun (Utsunomiya, 1950 – 1996)
• Hitachi Mimpō (Hitachi, 1950 – 2000)
• Shin Ibaraki (Mito, 1952 – 2003)
• Nikkan Jōsō Shimbun (Chōshi, 1975 – 2009)
• Tama Newtown Times (Tama, 1969 – 2012)
• Bōsō Jiji Shimbun (Kisarazu, 1949 – 2012)
• Jōyō Shimbun (Tsuchiura, 1948 – 2013)
• Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun (Tokyo, 1872 – 1943)
• Heimin Shinbun (Tokyo, 1903 – 1915)
• Nikkan Shimmimpō (Tokorozawa, 1952 – 2012)
• Nankai Times (Hachijō)

Block papers of Chūbu region

• Chūnichi Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Chūbu region

• Yamanashi
  • Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun
• Nagano
  • Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
• Niigata
  • Niigata Nippō
• Toyama
  • Kitanippon Shimbun
• Ishikawa
  • Hokkoku Shimbun
• Fukui
  • Fukui Shimbun
• Shizuoka
  • Shizuoka Shimbun
• Gifu
  • Gifu Shimbun

Regional papers of Chūbu region

• Yamanashi
  • Yamanashi Shimpō (Kōfu)
  • Yatsugatake Journal (Hokuto)
• Nagano
  • Minamishinshū Shimbun (Iida)
  • Nagano Nippō (Suwa)
  • Okaya Shimin Shimbun (Okaya)
  • Ōito Times (Ōmachi)
  • Shimin Times (Matsumoto)
  • Suzaka Shimbun (Suzaka)
• Niigata
  • Echigo Journal (Sanjō)
  • Jōetsu Times (Jōetsu)
  • Kashiwazaki Nippō (Kashiwazaki)
  • Nagaoka Shimbun (Nagaoka)
  • Ojiya Shimbun (Ojiya)
  • Sanjō Shimbun (Sanjō)
  • Shūhō Tōkamachi (Niigata)
  • Tōkamachi Shimbun (Tōkamachi)
  • Tōkamachi Times (Tōkamachi)
  • Tsunan Shimbun (Tsunan)
• Toyama
  • Jōhana Jihō (Nanto)
  • Toyama Shimbun (Toyama)
• Ishikawa
  • Hokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun (Kanazawa)
• Fukui
  • Nikkan Kenmin Fukui (Fukui)
• Shizuoka
  • Fuji News (Fuji)
  • Gakuyō Shimbun (Fujinomiya)
  • Izu Shimbun (Itō)
  • Numazu Asahi Shimbun (Numazu)
  • Numazu Shimbun (Numazu)
• Aichi
  • Chūbu Keizai Shimbun (Nagoya)
  • Higashiaichi Shimbun (Toyohashi)
  • Mikawa Shimpō (Nishio)
  • Nikkan Tōmei (Seto)
  • Tōkai Aichi Shimbun (Okazaki)
  • Tōkai Nichinichi Shimbun (Toyohashi)

Defunct newspapers of Chūbu region

• Himi Shimbun (Himi, 1936 – 2000)
• Suwa Maiyū Shimbun (Suwa, 1954 – 2004)
• Chūbu Shimpō (Hekinan, 1959 – 2004)
• Kokoku Shimbun (Shimosuwa, 1946 – 2005)
• Hida News (Hida, 1995 – 2005)
• Ina Mainichi Shimbun (Ina, 1955 – 2008)
• Hakuba Shimbun (Hakuba, 1975 – 2008)
• Nagoya Times (Nagoya, 1946 – 2008)
• Kōshoku Shimbun (Chikuma, 1982 – 2011)
• Chūnō Shimbun (Seki, 1947 – 2011)
• Shinshū Nippō (Iida, 1956 - 2013)
• Kyōdo Shimbun (Kakegawa)

Prefecture papers of Kinki region

• Kyōto
  • Kyoto Shimbun
• Hyōgo
  • Kobe Shimbun

Regional papers of Kinki region

• Mie
  • Ise Shimbun (Tsu)
  • Kisei Shimbun (Owase)
  • Nanki Shimpō (Kumano)
  • Tōkai Keizai Shimbun (Tsu)
  • Yoshino Kumano Shimbun (Kumano)
  • Yūkan Mie (Matsusaka)
• Shiga
  • Ōmi Dōmei Shimbun (Hikone)
  • Shiga Hōchi Shimbun (HIgashiōmi)
• Kyōto
  • Ayabe Shimin Shimbun (Ayabe)
  • Kameoka Shimin Shimbun (Kameoka)
  • Maizuru Shimin Shimbun (Maizuru)
  • Rakunan Times (Uji)
  • Ryōtan Nichinichi Shimbun (Fukuchiyama)
• Ōsaka
  • Ōsaka Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōsaka)
  • Jimmin Shimbun (Ibaraki)
• Nara
  • Nara Shimbun (Nara)
• Wakayama
  • Hidaka Shimpō (Gobō)
  • Kii Mimpō (Wakayama)
  • Kinan Shimbun (Shingū)
  • Kishū Shimbun (Gobō)
  • Kumano Shimbun (Shingū)
  • Wakayama Shimpō (Wakayama)

Defunct newspapers of Kinki region

• Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōtsu, 1922 – 1979)
• Kansai Shimbun (Ōsaka, – 1991)
• Ōsaka Shimbun (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
• Doyōbi (Kyoto, 1936 – 1937)
• Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (Nara, 2006 - 2019)

Block paper of Chūgoku region

• Chugoku Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region

• Tottori
  • Nihonkai Shimbun
• Shimane
  • Sanin Chūō Shimpō
• Okayama
  • Sanyō Shimbun
• Yamaguchi
  • Yamaguchi Shimbun

Regional papers of Chūgoku region

• Shimane
  • Shimane Nichinichi Shimbun (Matsue)
• Okayama
  • Bihoku Mimpō (Niimi)
  • Tsuyama Asahi Shimbun (Tsuyama)
• Hiroshima
  • Nishihiroshima Times (Hiroshima)
  • Taiyō Shimbun (Fukuyama)
• Yamaguchi
  • Bōnichi Shimbun (Hōfu)
  • Hōfu Nippō (Hōfu)
  • Nikkan Iwakuni (Iwakuni)
  • Nikkan Shinshūnan (Shūnan)
  • Saikyō Shimbun (Yamaguchi)
  • Ube Nippō (Ube)
  • Yanai Nichinichi Shimbun (Yanai)

Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region

• Bōchō Shimbun (Iwakuni, 1964 – 2006)
• Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun (Okayama, 1946 – 2011)

Prefecture papers of Shikoku

• Kagawa
  • Shikoku Shimbun
• Tokushima
  • Tokushima Shimbun
• Ehime
  • Ehime Shimbun
• Kōchi
  • Kōchi Shimbun

Regional papers of Shikoku

• Kagawa
  • Shikoku Times (Takamatsu)
• Tokushima
  • Tribune Shikoku (Tokushima)
• Ehime
  • Yawatahama Mimpō (Yawatahama)

Defunct newspapers of Shikoku

• Nikkan Shin Ehime (Matsuyama, 1960 – 1986)
• Yawatahama Shimbun (Yawatahama, 1928 – 2019)

Block paper of Kyūshū

• Nishinippon Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

• Saga
  • Saga Shimbun
• Nagasaki
  • Nagasaki Shimbun
• Kumamoto
  • Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
• Ōita
  • Ōita Gōdō Shimbun
• Miyazaki
  • Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun
• Kagoshima
  • Minaminippon Shimbun
• Okinawa
  • Okinawa Times
  • Ryūkyū Shimpō

Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

• Fukuoka
  • Ariake Shimpō (Ōmuta)
  • Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun (Fukuoka)
  • Itoshima Shimbun (Itoshima)
  • Kokura Times (Kitakyūshū)
• Saga
  • Tosu Shimbun (Tosu)
• Nagasaki
  • Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki)
  • Iki Nippō (Iki)
  • Shimabara Shimbun (Shimabara)
  • Tsushima Shimbun (Tsushima)
• Kumamoto
  • Nikkan Hitoyoshi Shimbun (Hitoyoshi)
• Ōita
  • Konnichi Shimbun (Beppu)
• Miyazaki
  • Yūkan Daily (Nobeoka)
• Kagoshima
  • Amami Shimbun (Naze)
  • Minamikyūshū Shimbun (Kanoya)
  • Nankai Nichinichi Shimbun (Naze)
• Okinawa
  • Miyako Mainichi Shimbun (Miyakojima)
  • Miyako Shimpō (Miyakojima)
  • Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun (Ishigaki)
  • Yaeyama Nippō (Ishigaki)

Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū

• Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 – 1992)
• Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 – 2004)
• Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 – 2008)
• Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun (Kurume, 1957 – 2017)
• Nikkan Ōmuta (Ōmuta, 1985 – 2018)

Sports papers

• Chukyo Sports
• Chunichi Sports
• Daily Sports
• Doshin Sports
• Kyūshū Sports
• Nikkan Sports
• Nishinippon Sports
• Osaka Sports
• Sankei Sports
• Sports Hochi (formerly the Hochi Shimbun)
• Sports Nippon
• Tokyo Chunichi Sports
• Tokyo Sports

Party organs

• Akahata (Red Flag) (newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party, daily)
• Jiyu Minshu (newspaper of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), weekly)
• Komei Shimbun (newspaper of the Komeito, daily)
• Press Minshu (newspaper of the Democratic Party of Japan, sub-weekly)
• Shakai Shimpo (newspaper of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), weekly)

Business papers

• Fuji Sankei Business i.
• The Kabushiki Shimbun
• Nihon Kogyo Simbun
• Nihon Securities Journal
• Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
• Nikkei Kinyu Simbun (Nikkei Financial Daily)
• Nikkei Ryutsu Simbun (Nikkei Marketing Journal)
• Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun
• Nikkei Veritas

Industry papers

• The Chemical Daily
• The Education Newspaper
• The Hoken Mainichi Shinbun
• Denki Shimbun (Electric Daily News)
• Japan Food Journal
• The Japan Marine Daily
• Japan Rubber Weekly
• The Minato Daily
• National Chamber of Agriculture
• Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun
• Nihon Nogyo Shinbun
• The Suisan Times

Tabloids

• Nikkan Gendai
• Yukan Fuji

English language papers

• The Asahi Shimbun Asia and Japan Watch
• The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri)
• The Japan Times
• The Mainichi
• Nikkei Asian Review
• The Wall Street Journal Asia
• Tokyo Reporter, translates Japanese tabloids
• The Japan Times ST
• Asahi Weekly
• Japan Today

Chinese language papers

• Chubun Doho
• Jiho Shyukan
• Toho Doho

Braille papers

• Tenji Mainichi

Stance and circulation, only morning (2022)

• Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 6,860,000
• Asahi: left (high quality paper) 4,290,000
• Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 2,320,000
• Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,930,000
• Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,750,000
• Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
• Tokyo Sports: (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
• Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 1390,000
• Nikkan Sports: 1,350,000
• Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,350,000
• Sankei Sports: 1,230,000
• Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,050,000
• Sankei: right (high quality paper) 1,02 0,000
• Akahata (Red Flag): Communist Party bulletin 1,000,000
• Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 84,0000
• Daily Sports: 640,000
• Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 537,000
• Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 510,000
• Nishinippon Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 427,000
• Shinano Mainichi Shimbun: liberal (high quality paper) 412,000
• Kobe Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 408,100

Further reading

• Book: De Lange, William . A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State . Toyo Press . 2023 . 978-94-92722-393 .
• Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-254-1 . Japan: Directory: the Press . https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA2354 .

Notes and References

1. The Press Clubs of Japan. Journal of Japanese Studies. Summer 1989. 15. 2. 132360. Yamamoto Taketoshi. 371–388 . 10.2307/132360 .
2. Book: Mark Hollstein . Eldridge . Robert D. . Midford . Paul . Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism . 2008 . Palgrave Macmillan . New York, NY . 978-1-349-60328-2 . 99 . 1st . April 16, 2022 . Japan's Insider and Outside Media Discourse about the SDF Dispatch to Iraq.