Sankei Shimbun

The Sankei Shimbun is a Japanese national daily published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., part of the Fujisankei Communications Group. Founded in 1933 as an industrial paper, it is consistently characterized as conservative and nationalist, positioned to the right of Japan's other national dailies, and is known for hawkish positions on defense and constitutional revision.

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Sankei Shimbun at a glance

Country: Japan
Region: East Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Right-leaning
Founded: 1933
Owner: Sankei Shimbun (Fujisankei Communications Group)
Published from: Tokyo
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How Crosswire groups Sankei Shimbun

Crosswire groups Sankei Shimbun as Right-leaning for comparisons within Japan's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Japan, Asahi Shimbun is listed as Left-leaning, while Nikkei and Mainichi are listed as Centrist — so you can open Sankei Shimbun beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Sankei Shimbun sits in Japan's press

Sankei Shimbun was founded in 1933, is published from Tokyo and is owned by Sankei Shimbun (Fujisankei Communications Group). It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Japan, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi. By outlets tracked, Japan ranks second of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 67 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Sankei Shimbun outside Japan, starting with East Asia, are The UB Post (Mongolia), The Hindu (India), Dawn (Pakistan) and Prothom Alo (Bangladesh). Opening one of them beside Sankei Shimbun is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.