Back to Contents of Issue: April 2001
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| Group |
Newspaper
(Daily circulation in parentheses) |
TV |
Notes |
| Yomiuri |
Yomiuri Shimbun
(10.3 million) |
Nippon TV |
Pro-government; owns national-favorite Yomiuri Giants baseball team and Nippon Hoso radio network |
| Nikkei |
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
(3.0 million) |
TV Tokyo |
The Nikkei is Japan's flagship business daily; also publishes dozens of popular business magazines |
| Mainichi |
Mainichi Shimbun
(4 million) |
Tokyo-based TBS and Mainichi Broadcasting
(Osaka) |
Japan's oldest daily paper; liberal-ish; publishes lots of mediocre magazines; owns Bunka Hoso radio network |
| Asahi |
Asahi Shimbun
(8.4 million) |
Asahi Television |
Liberal; publishes various magazines |
| Fuji-Sankei |
Sankei Shimbun
(2.0 million) |
Fuji TV |
Conservative; lots of other enterprises, including art museums |
Circulation Data: Japan Audit Bureau of Circulation, as of Jan. 2001.
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