Japanese daily newspaper
The
Chunichi Shimbun
(
中日新聞
,
Ch?nichi Shinbun
, Central Japan News)
is a
Japanese
daily "
broadsheet
"
newspaper
published in mostly
Aichi Prefecture
and neighboring regions by
Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.
[1]
Based in
Nagoya
, one of Japanese three major metropolitan areas, it boasts the third circulation after the group newspaper Total
Yomiuri Shimbun
and
The Asahi Shimbun
. Even the Chunichi Shimbun alone exceeds the number of copies of the
Sankei Shimbun
. The newspaper is dominant in its region, with a market penetration approaching 60 percent of the population of
Aichi Prefecture
. The Chunichi Shimbun group also publishes the
Tokyo Shimbun
, the
Chunichi Sports
, and the
Tokyo Chunichi Sports
newspapers. While each newspaper maintains independent leadership and is considered a "separate" paper, the group's combined circulation in 2022 was 2,321,414, ranking third in Japan behind the
Yomiuri Shimbun
and the
Asahi Shimbun
.
This is Japan's second largest leftist newspaper. It is positioned as a representative newspaper of Nagoya.
It is also the owner of the
Chunichi Dragons
baseball
team.
History
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The newspaper was formerly known as
Nagoya Shimbun
.
[
citation needed
]
From 1936?1940 it owned the
Japanese Baseball League
team
Nagoya Kinko
.
[
citation needed
]
The paper acquired the
Chubu Nihon
(now Chunichi Dragons) in 1946.
[
citation needed
]
Foreign correspondence network
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The group has thirteen foreign bureaus. They are in
New York City
,
Washington, D.C.
,
London
,
Paris
,
Berlin
,
Moscow
,
Cairo
,
Beijing
,
Shanghai
,
Taipei
,
Seoul
,
Manila
, and
Bangkok
.
Political position
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The Chunichi Shimbun holds progressive views, and has political tendencies towards
liberalism
,
social democracy
and
socialism
.
It supported the
Japan Socialist Party
in the
Showa period
, the
Democratic Party of Japan
and
Social Democratic Party (Japan)
in the
Heisei period
, and the
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
in the
Reiwa period
.
Nagoya
, where the headquarters is located, is called the
Democratic Kingdom
(Minshu-?koku, 民主王?).
The two prewar newspapers (Shin-Aichi and Nagoya Shimbun) were conservative in the Chunichi Shimbun, but the founder,
Kissen Kobayashi
, ran for the
mayor of Nagoya
in
1951
at the recommendation of the Japan Socialist Party (first rejected, 1952). It was elected in the year) and changed to a left-leaning newspaper supported by the Japan Socialist Party. The Tokyo Shimbun was once a right wing, but when it was acquired by the Chunichi Shimbun in 1964, it changed to a left-leaning newspaper.
Probably because of this, the mass media reforms led by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications under the LDP administration in the Showa era (
1955 system
) were treated coldly, and it was not possible to become a national newspaper and to have its own TV station in
Kanto
. No (
Tokyo 12 channel
(currently
TV Tokyo
) was acquired by
the Nikkei
, and currently independent stations in the Kanto region such as
Tokyo Metropolitan Television
and
TV Kanagawa
are affiliated with the Chunichi Shimbun).
It was the only major newspaper against the
Koizumi
reforms, and the Asahi Shimbun and others agreed. Chunichi was the only one who opposed the
TPP
in a major newspaper. It holds a pro-labor union position.
Since the 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster
, it has taken an extremely strong anti-nuclear policy and publishes articles related to nuclear power every day.
[
citation needed
]
It also has a branch office in Fukushima Prefecture (not officially issued).
As a media company, the Yomiuri Shimbun Group and the
Fujisankei Communications Group
have a deep relationship with the
conservative
Liberal Democratic Party
, while the Chunichi Group is a liberal newspaper and has a deep relationship with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
The Asahi Shimbun had a close relationship with the
K?chikai
, a moderate faction of the Liberal Democratic Party.
It opposes the revision of the constitution and the prime minister's visit to
Yasukuni Shrine
.
[2]
This newspaper is skeptical of the
death penalty
.
[3]
Group companies
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Mass media
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The following broadcasting stations are jointly funded by other major newspapers.
Sports
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Others
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See also
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References
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Further reading
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- De Lange, William (2023).
A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State
. Toyo Press.
ISBN
978-94-92722-393
.
External links
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