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Encyclopedia > Yomiuri Shinbun

The Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞) is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and so on. Founded in 1874, it is the world's largest newspaper, circulating well over 10 million copies daily. It is printed twice a day in several local editions.


It also publishes the The Daily Yomiuri, Japan's largest English-language newspaper. As a supplement to the daily edition, a weekly newsmagazine – The Yomiuri Weekly – is circulated. It also publishes the daily Hochi Shimbun, a sport-specified daily newspaper, weekly and monthly magazines and books.


Yomiuri Shimbun is also known as the de facto financial patron of the baseball team Tokyo Giants and the soccer team Tokyo Verdi.


GuinnessWorldRecords.com credits it with a combined morning and evening circulation of 14,323,781 throughout January 2002, a world record.



See also: Japanese media


External links

  • Yomiuri Shimbun Online (Japanese) (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/)
  • Daily Yomiuri Online (English) (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm)
  • GuinnessworldRecords.com - Highest Daily Newspaper Circulation (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr5/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=47972)

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Yomiuri YC The Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞 Yorimuri Shinbun) is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.
Founded in 1874, the Yomiuri Shimbun is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world, having a combined morning and evening circulation of 14,323,781 throughout January 2002.
The Yomiuri Shimbun is also known as the de facto financial patron of the baseball team Yomiuri Giants and the soccer team Tokyo Verdy 1969.
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