The Sankei Shimbun (産経新聞, Sankei Shinbun), name short for Sangyō Keizai Shinbun (産業経済新聞, lit. "Industrial and Economic News"), is a daily national newspaper[26] in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd, ranking amongst the top 5 most circulated newspapers in Japan.[27] Together with its English-language paper Japan Forward, the Sankei Shimbun has been described as having a conservative, nationalist, far-right[20][21][22] political stance. It has previously published materials downplaying or denying Japanese war crimes.[28]
^Jeff Kingston, ed. (2016). Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan. Routledge. ISBN9781317234357. ... Likely, the author knows that he can spin whatever version of reality he wants to because his readers don't know better and, as subscribers to the reactionary Sankei Shimbun, are predisposed to dismiss any criticism of Japan or PM Abe ...
^Harvard University's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies published an analysis of the Japanese media's political spectrum, as part of an analysis of the constitutional reform issue. According to Harvard: "The Sankei Shimbun has generally been recognized as a "conservative" newspaper".
^"Nationalism, nuclear power and Japans fragile media opposition". East Asia Forum. October 1, 2014. "But the newspaper world has become polarised into two ideological camps: the pro-nuclear camp led by Yomiuri Shimbun and the right-wing Sankei Shimbun ..."
^"Japan May Be Moving Right Politically, But Its Communist Party Still Holds Some Sway With Voters". Forbes. October 30, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2020. They are subject to constant surveillance and harassment. Yet, their popularity has not waned. The party's newspaper, Akahata (赤旗), has over 1.12 million readers and one weekly magazine predicts they may eclipse Japan's far right newspaper, Sankei Shimbun in the near future.
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