Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm) |
Owner(s) | The Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd. |
Publisher | Takao Kawasaki |
Founded | March 1877 |
Political alignment | Centrist |
Language | Japanese |
Headquarters | Fukuoka |
Circulation | Morning edition: 427,855 Evening edition: 40,677 (ABC Japan, average for May 2022) |
Website | www.nishinippon.co.jp |
The Nishinippon Shimbun (西日本新聞, Nishinippon Shinbun, West-Japan Daily) is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by the Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd (株式会社西日本新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Nishinippon Shinbunsha). As of 2022, it had a circulation of about 467,000 (total of morning and evening editions). It is headquartered in Fukuoka, which accounts for the bulk of its circulation, and is also sold throughout Kyūshū.