The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (日経産業新聞, Nikkei Sangyō Shinbun), which means Nikkei Industrial Journal, is a Japanese daily newspaper published on weekdays by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. The paper was launched in 1973.[1] It presents news in regard to the Japanese manufacturing sector.[2] As of 2002 the circulation of the paper was 270,000 copies.[3]