The
Yomiuri Shimbun (????, Yomiuri Shinbun?) is a
Japanese newspaper published in
Tokyo,
Osaka,
Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five national
newspapers in Japan; the other four are the
Asahi Shimbun, the
Mainichi Shimbun,
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and the
Sankei Shimbun.
Founded in 1874, the Yomiuri Shimbun is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world [1][2] , having a combined morning and evening circulation of 14,323,781 throughout January 2002. The paper is printed twice a day and in several different local editions.
The Yomiuri Shimbun is conservative and sometimes considered a centre-right newspaper.[3]
For example, The New York Times's International Herald Tribune reported that "The nation's largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, applauded the revisions" [4] in reference to the whitewashing of the educational textbooks on comfort women and the Nanking Massacre in China. And the Wall Street Journal reported that "The Yomiuri Shinbun, the country's largest national daily, for example, blasted the Chinese government in an editorial" [5] because of the Chinese Foreign Ministry official's criticism of the whitewashing of the textbooks.
