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This article is about a newspaper in Japan. Asahi is a common name in Japan, for other uses see Asahi.

The Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞 Asahi Shinbun) is one of the big three leading national newspapers in Japan; the other two are the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Mainichi Shimbun. Its circulation, which was 8.27 million for its morning edition; 3.85 million for its evening edition as of April 2004, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun. Image File history File links Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co. ... Image File history File links Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co. ... Asahi (朝日) means morning sun in Japanese. ... Japanese newspapers (新聞 shinbun), similar to their worldwide counterparts, run the gamut from general news-oriented papers to special interest newspapers devoted to economics, sports, literature, industry, and trade. ... Yomiuri-TOKYO Office Yomiuri YC The Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞) is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. ... Mainichi-Osaka Office Mainichi-News Port Mainichi Newspapers Settsu factory (A high-speed offset company factory is included. ...

The newspaper has alliances with the International Herald Tribune, which is affiliated with the New York Times. Together, they publish International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun as their English edition, which has replaced Asahi's previous Asahi Evening News. Asahi also has a partnership with the People's Daily, (Chinese: 人民日报; Pinyin: Rénmín Ribao) which is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China. The International Herald Tribune (www. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... The Peoples Daily (Chinese: 人民日报 Pinyin ) is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, published worldwide with a circulation of 3 to 4 million. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; Pinyin: Zhōngguó GòngchÇŽndÇŽng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Since 1930's, Asahi's editorial policy has been anti-Americanism. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Asahi ardently supported Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro who was well known as an anti-American politician. Since the defeat of WWII, Asahi has accused America harshly and has praised communist countries. Asahi even calld North Korea an "earthly paradise." Cover of Anti-Americanism by French author Jean-François Revel. ... Combatants United States of America Imperial Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN) Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines, 441 planes... Fumimaro Konoe (近衛 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro) (sometimes Konoye, October 12, 1891–December 16, 1945) was a Japanese politician and the 34th (June 4, 1937–January 5, 1939), 38th (July 22, 1940–July 18, 1941) and 39th (July 18, 1941–October 18, 1941) Prime Minister of Japan. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

History

One of Japan's oldest and largest national daily newspapers, the Asahi shimbun began publication in Osaka on January 25, 1879 as a small-print, four-page illustrated paper that sold for one sen (a hundredth of a yen) a copy, and had a circulation of approximately 3,000 copies. The three founding officers of a staff of twenty were Kimura Noboru (owner), Murayama Ryōhei (company president and publisher), and Tsuda Tei (managing editor). The company's first premises were at Minami-dori, Edobori in Osaka. On September 13 of the same year, Asahi printed its first editorial. Osaka Castle Location in Japan Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, ÅŒsaka-shi, â–¶ (help· info)) is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ...

In 1881, the Asahi adopted an all-news format, and enlisted Ueno Riichi as co-owner. From 1882, Asahi began to receive financial support from the Government and Mitsui, and hardened the management base. Then, under the leadership of Ueno whose brother was one of the Mitsui managers and Murayama, the Asahi began its steady ascent to national prominence. On July 10, 1888, the first issue of the Tokyo asahi shimbun was published from the Tokyo office at Moto-sukiya-cho, Kyobashi. The first issue was numbered No. 1,076 as it was a continuation of three small papers --- Jiyu no tomoshibi, Tomoshibi shimbun and Mesamashi shibbun. Mitsui (三井) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. ... Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ...

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On April 1, 1907, the renowned writer Natsume Soseki, then 41, resigned his teaching positions at Tokyo Imperial University, now Tokyo University to join the Tokyo asahi shimbun. This was soon after the publication of his novels Wagahai wa neko de aru and Botchan, which made him the center of literary attention. ImageMetadata File history File links Asahi-ASA.jpg Summary Asahi-ASA (newspaper shop) photography day, September, 2005 photography person MASA photography place Asahi-Yamamoto at Osaka City Tsurumi-ku Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Asahi Shimbun ... ImageMetadata File history File links Asahi-ASA.jpg Summary Asahi-ASA (newspaper shop) photography day, September, 2005 photography person MASA photography place Asahi-Yamamoto at Osaka City Tsurumi-ku Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Asahi Shimbun ... Natsume Soseki on the former 1000 yen note. ... The Yasuda Auditorium on the University of Tokyos Hongo Campus. ...

On October 1, 1908, Osaka asahi shimbun and Tokyo asahi shimbun were merged into a single unified corporation, Asahi shibbun goshi kaisha, with a capitalization of approximately 600,000 yen.

In 1918, because of its critical stance towards Terauchi Masatake's cabinet during the Rice Riots, government authorities suppressed an article in the Osaka asahi, leading to a softening of its liberal views, and the resignation of many of its staff reporters in protest. Terauchi Masatake Terauchi Masatake (寺内 正毅 February 5, 1852–November 3, 1919) was a Japanese soldier and politician and the 18th Prime Minister of Japan from October 9, 1916 to September 29, 1918. ...

Indeed, the newspaper's liberal position led to its vandalization during the February 26th Incident of 1936, commonly known as the 2-26 Incident, as well as repeated attacks from the right wing throughout this period (and for that matter, throughout its history). (Redirected from 2-26 Incident) The February 26 Incident (二・二六事件 Ni-niroku jiken) was an uprising against the Japanese government that took place in 1936. ...

From the latter half of 1930's, Asahi ardently supported Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro's wartime government (called Konoe Shin Taisei or Konoe's New Political Order) and criticized capitalism harshly under Ogata Taketora, the Editor in Chief of Asahi Shinbun. Influential editorial writers of Asahi such as Ryu Shintaro, Sassa Hiro'o and Ozaki Hotsumi, etc. were the center members of the Showa Studies Society which was a political think tank for Konoe. Fumimaro Konoe Prince Fumimaro Konoe (近衞{衛 in Shinjitai} 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro) (sometimes Konoye, October 12, 1891–December 16, 1945) was a Japanese politician and the 34th (June 4, 1937–January 5, 1939), 38th (July 22, 1940–July 18, 1941) and 39th (July 18, 1941–October 18, 1941) Prime Minister of Japan. ... Ozaki Hotsumi(尾崎秀実) was a journalist working for the Asahi Shinbun. ... The Showa Studies Society was a political think tank in pre-war Japan, organised to find and instruct future political leaders. ... This article is about the institution. ...

Ogata was one of the leading members of the Genyosha which had been formed in 1881 by Toyama Mitsuru. The Genyosha was an ultranationalist group comprised of organized crime figures and those with far right-wing political beliefs. Hirota Koki, hanged as a Class A war criminal, was also a leading member of the Genyosha and one of Ogata's best friends. Hirota was the chairman of Toyama's funeral committee, and Ogata was the vice-chairman. The Genyōsha (玄洋社) (Dark/Black Ocean Society) was a Japanese ultranationalist group formed in 1879 by Toyama Mitsuru. ... Mitsuru Toyama was born in 1855 in the Fukuoka prefecture in southern Japan. ... Koki Hirota Koki Hirota (広田 弘毅 Hirota Kōki, February 14, 1878–December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician and the 32nd Prime Minister of Japan from March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937. ...

Ryu, who had been a Marxian economist of the Ohara Institute for Social Research before he entered Asahi, advocated centrally planned economies in his Nihon Keizai no Saihensei (Reorganization of Japanese Economies. 1939). And Sassa, a son of ultranationalistic politician Sassa Tomofusa, joined hands with far-right generals(they were called Kodoha or Imperial Way Faction) and terrorists who had assassinated Inoue Junnosuke(ex-Minister of Finance), Baron Dan Takuma(chairman of the board of directors Mitsui combine) and Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi to support Konoe. In 1944, they attempted assassination of Prime Minister Tojo Hideki(a member of Toseiha or Control Group which conflicted with Kodoha in Japanese Army). A command economy is a political system in which government decisions are made by central state economic managers who determine what sorts of goods and services to produce and how they are to be priced and allocated, and may include state ownership of the means of production. ... The Imperial Way Faction (Kodoha) was a right-wing nationalist Japanese political grouping, active in the 1930s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mitsui (三井) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. ... Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養 毅, April 20, 1855–May 15, 1932) was a Japanese politician and the 29th Prime Minister of Japan from December 13, 1931 to May 15, 1932. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Hideki Tojo Hideki Tojo (Kyūjitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機; (help· info)) (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, a nationalist thinker, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan; he served as prime minister during much of World War II, from October 18, 1941 to July... The Toseiha (統制派) was a faction in the Japanese military, active in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Japans honor guard often marches to greet the arrival of foreign dignitaries. ...

On April 9, 1937 the Kamikaze, a Mitsubishi aircraft sponsored by the Asahi Shinbun company and flown by Masaaki Iinuma, arrived in London, to the astonishment of the Western world. It was the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. The Kamikaze was a Mitsubishi Ki-15 aircraft (registration J-BAAI) sponsored by the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which became famous on April 9, 1937, when it arrived at Croydon Airport in London. ... Mitsubishi Logo The Mitsubishi Group ), Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies, all refer to a large grouping of independently operated Japanese companies which share the Mitsubishi brand name. ... This article is about the British city. ... The term Western world or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ...

On September 1, 1940, the Osaka Asahi Shinbun and the Tokyo Asahi Shinbun unified their names into the Asahi Shinbun.

On January 1, 1943, the publication of the Asahi shinbun was stopped by the government after the newspaper published a critical essay contributed by Nakano Seigo who was also one of the leading members of the Genyosha and Ogata's best friend. Nakano Seigō (中野正剛) (1886-October 1943) was a Japanese political leader who advocated a fascist Japan to complete the Meiji Restoration. ...

On July 22, 1944, Ogata, Vice President of Asahi, became the Minister without Portfolio and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in Koiso Kuniaki's cabinet. A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... Kuniaki Koiso Kuniaki Koiso (小磯 国昭 Koiso Kuniaki, March 22, 1880–November 3, 1950) was the 41st Prime Minister of Japan from July 22, 1944 to April 7, 1945. ...

On April 7, 1945, Shimomura Hiroshi, former Vice President of Asahi, became the Minister without Portfolio and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in Suzuki Kantaro's cabinet. Admiral Kantaro Suzuki (鈴木 貫太郎 Suzuki Kantarō, December 24, 1867 - April 17, 1948) was a Japanese military leader in World War I and World War II. As 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from April 7, 1945 to August 17, 1945, he was a key voice in favor of Japans acceptance of...

On August 17, 1945, Ogata became the Minister without Portfolio and the Chief Cabinet Secretary and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in Prince Higashikuni's cabinet. In Japan, the Chief Cabinet Secretary (内閣官房長官: Naikaku kanbô chôkan) is a Minister of State charged with directing the Cabinet Secretariat. ... Prince Higashikuni Prince Higashikuni (Naruhiko) of Japan (東久邇 稔彦 Higashikuni Naruhiko, also Higashikuni no miya Naruhiko ō (東久邇宮 稔彦王)) (3 December 1887 – 26 January 1990) was the 43rd Prime Minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 to 9 October 1945, a period of 54 days. ...

On November 5, 1945, as a way of assuming responsibility for compromising the newspaper's principles during the war, the Asahi shinbun's president and senior executives resigned en masse.

On November 21, 1946, the newspaper adopted the modern kana usage system (shin kanazukai). Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 For other meanings of Kana, see Kana (disambiguation). ...

On November 30, 1949, the Asahi shimbun started to publish the serialized cartoon strip Sazae-san by Machiko Hasegawa. This was a landmark cartoon in Japan's postwar era. The Wonderful World of Sazae-san is a series of twelve comic books published for Japanese people learning English; selected comic strips have been chosen to be published in the books, which are sold overseas and in Japan. ...

On April 2, 2001, the English-language daily, the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shinbun, was first published.

Historical Reproductions of Past Issues

Historical reproductions of past issues of the Asahi shinbun are available in three major forms, as CD-ROMs, as microfilm, and as shukusatsuban (縮刷版, literally, "reduced-sized print editions"), which is a technology popularized by Asahi shinbun in the 1930s as a way to compress and archive newspapers by reducing the size of the print to fit multiple pages of a daily newspaper onto one page. "Shukusatsuban" are catered towards libraries and archives, and are usually organized and released by month. These resources are available at many leading research universities throughout the world (usually universities with reputable Japanese studies programs). The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Microfilm is an analog storage medium for books, periodicals, legal documents and engineering drawings. ...

The Asahi shinbun has a CD-ROM database consisting of an index of headlines and sub-headlines from the years 1945-1999. A much more expensive full-text searchable database is available only at the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University, which notably includes advertisements in its index. Researchers using other university libraries would probably have to first use the CD-ROM index, and then look into the microfilm or shukusatsuban versions. Microfilm versions are available from 1888; shukusatsuban versions are available from 1931. Issues of the Asahi shinbun printed since August,1984 are available through Lexis-Nexis Academic. Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

Note: One will need to check each individual library's collection for information about the availability of these sources. Eureka [1] and/or WorldCat [2] are good starting points (password required). Eureka (or Heureka; Greek ) is a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes, see: Eureka (word). ... WorldCat is the worlds largest bibliographic database, the merged catalogs of over 50,000 OCLC member libraries in over 90 countries. ...

Offices

Asahi-TOKYO office

• Tokyo Office

Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

• Osaka Office

Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka

• Seibu Office

Riverwalk Kitakyushu, Muromachi 1-1-1, Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyushu

• Fukuoka Office

Hakata Eki Mae 2-1-1, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

• Nagoya Office

Sakae 1-3-3, Naka-ku, Nagoya

• Hokkaido Office

Chuo-ku, Sapporo

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External links

• http://www.asahi.com
  The Japanese website
• http://www.asahi.com/english/
  The English website
• Asahi Haikuist Network
• Taketora Ogata
• Non-position Non-crown Giant; Mituru Touyama

See also

• Japanese media
• Asahi characters

The communications media of Japan include numerous television and radio networks as well as newspapers and magazines. ... Asahi characters (Japanese: 朝日文字, Asahi moji) are forms of Kanji particular to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. ...

References

Asahi Shimbun Shashi (Tokyo and Osaka: Asahi Shimbun Sha, 1990-1995. Official history of Asahi)

"Asahi shimbun" in Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha, 1983).