Yomiuri Shimbun

The Yomiuri Shimbun is a Japanese national daily newspaper and one of the largest-circulation newspapers in the world, published in Japanese from Tokyo. It covers national and international news, politics, and economics for a mass readership and is generally regarded as conservative-leaning in its editorial stance. It is a cornerstone of Japan's national press.

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Yomiuri Shimbun at a glance

Country: Japan
Region: East Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Right-leaning
Founded: 1874
Owner: The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings
Published from: Tokyo
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How Crosswire groups Yomiuri Shimbun

Crosswire groups Yomiuri 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 Yomiuri Shimbun beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Yomiuri Shimbun sits in Japan's press

Yomiuri Shimbun was founded in 1874, is published from Tokyo and is owned by The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Japan, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi and Sankei Shimbun. 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 Yomiuri Shimbun outside Japan, starting with East Asia, are South China Morning Post (China), The Korea Times (South Korea), Taipei Times (Taiwan) and South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). Opening one of them beside Yomiuri Shimbun is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.