Chunichi Shimbun

The Chunichi Shimbun (中日新聞, Chūnichi Shinbun, Central Japan News) is a Japanese daily "broadsheet" newspaper published in mostly Aichi Prefecture and neighboring regions by Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd[3]. Based in Nagoya, one of Japanese three major metropolitan areas, it boasts the third circulation after the group newspaper Total Yomiuri Shimbun and The Asahi Shimbun. Even the Chunichi Shimbun alone exceeds the number of copies of the Sankei Shimbun. The newspaper is dominant in its region, with a market penetration approaching 60 percent of the population of Aichi Prefecture. The Chunichi Shimbun group also publishes the Tokyo Shimbun, the Chunichi Sports, and the Tokyo Chunichi Sports newspapers. The group's combined circulation is more than 4 million, meaning it ranks fourth in Japan behind the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Asahi Shimbun, and the Mainichi Shimbun.

The Chunichi Shimbun
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBlanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
Owner(s)Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.
PublisherUichirō Ohshima
FoundedMarch 1886
Political alignmentLeft-wing[1][2]
Progressivism
LanguageJapanese
HeadquartersNagoya
CirculationMorning edition: 2,763,602
Evening edition: 676,972
(Japan ABC, average for January–June 2005)
Websitewww.chunichi.co.jp
Headquarters of Chunichi Shimbun in Nagoya.

It is the owner of the Chunichi Dragons baseball team, and is also known as the main organizer of a famous international gymnastics event, the Chunichi Cup.

History

The newspaper was formerly known as Nagoya Shimbun.[4] From 1936–1940 it owned the Japanese Baseball League team Nagoya Kinko.[4] The paper acquired the Chubu Nihon (now Chunichi Dragons) in 1946.[5]

Foreign Correspondence Network

The group has thirteen foreign bureaus. They are in New York City, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Manila, and Bangkok.

Political position

The Chunichi Shimbun is one of the most progressive and leftist of the six major newspapers. It supported the Japan Socialist Party in the Showa period, the Democratic Party of Japan in the Heisei period, and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the Reiwa period. Nagoya, where the headquarters is located, is called the Democratic Kingdom (Minshu-Ōkoku, 民主王国).

It is generally known as a newspaper that speaks for workers' opinions. He opposes the revision of the constitution and the prime minister's visit to Yasukuni Shrine.[6]

Like the Asahi Shimbun, it is a tone of argument that is closer to abolishing the death penalty.[7]

Group Companies

Mass media
See also: Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting and Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

The following broadcasting stations are jointly funded by other major newspapers.

Sports

See also

References
  1. https://courrier.jp/news/archives/2574/
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20130610184613/http://www.sanspo.com/baseball/news/20121013/gia12101305020000-n2.html
  3. 株式会社中日新聞社 Kabushiki-gaisha Chūnichi Shinbunsha
  4. "Nagoya Kinko", Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed Mar. 8, 2015.
  5. "Chubu Nihon," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  6. http://shinbunwokangaeru.blog.jp/archives/kouhei_shinbun.html
  7. https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/shizuoka/tokai-news/CK2019112302000110.html 死刑を考えるシンポ 袴田巌さん出席:朝夕刊:中日新聞しずおか
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