Mainichi Shimbun

Mainichi Shimbun
Front page of Mainichi Shimbun from September 8, 2013
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBlanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
Owner(s)The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
PublisherMasato Kitamura
FoundedFebruary 21, 1872; 152 years ago (1872-02-21)
(as the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun)
Political alignmentCentre[1] to centre-left[2]
Liberalism (Japanese)[3]
LanguageJapanese
HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Kitakyushu
CirculationMorning edition: 1,950,000 (2022)[4]
Evening edition: 622,000 (2022)[4]
Websitewww.mainichi.co.jp

The Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞, lit. 'Daily Newspaper') is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by The Mainichi Newspapers Co.[5][6]

In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun, which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called The Mainichi[7] (previously Mainichi Daily News, abbreviated MDN), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, Sunday Mainichi.

It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are The Asahi Shimbun, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The Sankei Shimbun and the Chunichi Shimbun are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for both.

  1. ^ "Relief in Japan After Shinzo Abe's Visit With Trump". The New York Times. February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2020. In an editorial, the centrist Mainichi Shimbun said that Mr. Trump might have taken a strategy of ...
  2. ^ "Japan's media accuse Carlos Ghosn of 'cowardly act' after flight to Lebanon". The Guardian. January 1, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020. The centre-left Mainichi Shimbun quoted a senior prosecutor as saying: "This is what we predicted. This has ruined the prosecutors' painstaking work."
  3. ^ "Beijing will be watching Suga-Biden talks closely". The Japan Times. April 17, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2023. Only two daily newspapers, the liberal Mainichi Shimbun and the conservative Sankei Shimbun, ran contrasting editorials on April 14 and 15.
  4. ^ a b ABC Japan, average for In March 2022
  5. ^ 株式会社毎日新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Mainichi Shimbunsha
  6. ^ "Corporate philosophy of the Mainichi Newspapers Co". Mainichi.co.jp. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "The Mainichi". mainichi.jp. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2012.