Yomiuri Shimbun

The Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese読 売 新闻, in the title读卖新闻) is a Japanese daily newspaper founded in 1874 with headquarters in Tokyo. It is the largest circulation newspaper in the world. The newspaper is published in a morning edition ( about 8.337 million ) and an evening edition ( about 3.97 million ). Overall, it reaches about 26.214 million readers.

The English-language edition The Daily Yomiuri ( online edition of the Daily Yomiuri Online) is the largest circulation of its kind in Japan. The newspaper publishing awards annually since 1949, the Yomiuri Prize for Literature.

Political orientation

The newspaper is considered to be conservative. So Yomiuri Shimbun welcomed the removal of passages from textbooks, which dealt with the forced prostitutes ( comfort women ) as well as the massacre of Nanking. These themes from the period of Japanese occupation of parts of China, Korea and other countries are treated controversial in Japan.

Yomiuri Shimbun stands near the longtime ruling party LDP.

History

Yomiuri was founded in 1876 by ​​Nisshusha newspaper publishing as a small daily newspaper. During the 1880s and 1890s, the paper was known to the regular publication of literary works, such as Ozaki Koyo. 1924 took over Shoriki Matsutaro of the company. His innovations included the sensational journalism, a full-page radio program and the establishment of Japan's first professional baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants. The focus of the paper shifted toward general reporting, mainly for readers in the area of Tokyo. 1941 the newspaper had the widest distribution of all the newspapers in the area of Tokyo. 1942 Yomiuri Hochi Shimbun and was united with it, known as the Yomiuri Hochi.

Trivia

On 1 February 2011, Bayern Munich announced a collaboration with Yomiuri Shimbun known for which to be reported in detail on the German record champions in the future.