The Japan Times

The Japan Times is a daily English-language newspaper in Japan, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. She had a daily circulation of 46,000 in 2006 and was just ahead of its main competitors, International Herald Tribune / Asahi and Yomiuri Daily. Other than these, it is not associated with one of the major Japanese newspapers. Their motto is all the news without fear or favor. Your readership was 1998, approximately one half of Japanese and foreigners, about two-thirds came from the region of Kanto. Your price is 180 yen ( about 1.26 euros ).

The Japan Times was first published on 22 March 1897 in an edition with six pages. 1918 took over the newspaper which also English The Japan Mail and then appeared under the name of The Japan Times and Mail. From 1940 she appeared after the merger with the Japan Advertiser of Tokyo and the Japan Chronicle of Kobe as The Japan Times & Advertiser. 1943 was followed by another change of name to Nippon Times before 1956 again took its original name. 1989, the current headquarters in the Japan Times Nifco Building was completed in Shibaura.

The Japan Times is published by the same company (株式会社 ジャパン タイムズ, kabushiki - gaisha japan taimuzu ) that since 1996 the plastic manufacturers KK Nifco heard. President and Executive Director ( torishimariyaku - shachō ) is Yukiko Ogasawara, Chairman and Publisher is Toshiaki Ogasawara, also chairman of Nifco. In addition to the daily newspaper, the company also publishes the weekly appearances The Japan Times Weekly and the bilingual Shukan ST as well as English and Japanese books. It has about 160 employees. Even the radio stations InterFM belonged temporarily to the company.