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Vinony's link graph records 3,458 inbound references to Asahi Shimbun, and connects out to Yomiuri Shimbun, The New York Times International Edition and Genyōsha.
It is catalogued under topics including 1879 establishments in Japan, Asahi Shimbun Company and Centre-left newspapers.
Vinony links it to 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Daily newspaper , Company type: Private
- Format
- Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
- Owner s
- Repurchased shares (25%), Murayama family (21.02%; 10% through the KOSETSU Museum of Art), Ueno family (total 14.22% by Shōichi Ueno's death in 2016), TV Asahi (11.88%), Toppan (7.31%), Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdcorp (2.31%)
- Founder s
- Murayama Ryōhei [ ja ] , Ueno Riichi
- Founded
- January 25, 1879 ; 147 years ago ( 1879-01-25 )
- Political alignment
- Liberalism ( Japanese ) Social liberalism Centre-left
- Headquarters
- Nakanoshima , Kita-ku, Osaka , Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Circulation
- Morning edition: 3,264,440 Evening edition 892,295 (January-June 2025)
- Website
- www .asahi .com (Japanese), www .asahi .com /ajw (English)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- daily newspaper
- Country
- Japan
- Headquarters
- Fukuoka
- Industry
- publishing
- Country of origin
- United States
- Official website
- www.asahi.com/ajw
- Image
- Asahi-Shimbun-First-Issue-Front-Page-January 25-1879.png
Show 12 more facts
- title
- Asahi shinbun
- name in kana
- あさひしんぶん
- inception
- 1879-00-00
- newspaper format
- broadsheet
- publication interval
- 0.5
- language of work or name
- English language
- political alignment
- social liberalism
- social media followers
- 600000
- price
- 50
- operating area
- Japan
- Commons category
- Asahi Shimbun
- different from
- Asahi
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Flag of the Asahi Shimbun Company Nakanoshima Festival Tower EastAsahi Shimbun Osaka Head Office is on the 9th to the 12th floors.
The Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞; IPA: [asaçi ɕiꜜmbɯɴ], lit. 'morning sun newspaper') is a Japanese daily newspaper founded in 1879. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asahi Shimbun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.