List of newspapers in Japan

Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.)

National papers

* "Asahi Shimbun"
* "Mainichi Shimbun"
* "Nihon Keizai Shimbun"
* "Sankei Shimbun"
* "Yomiuri Shimbun"

Quasi National papers

* "Chunichi Shimbun" / "Tokyo Shimbun"
* Association of 3. ("Hokkaido Shimbun", Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun, "Nishinippon Shimbun")

Business and industry papers

* "Fuji Sankei Business i."
* "Nihon Kogyo Simbun"
* "Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun"
* "Nikkei Kinyu Simbun", (Nikkei Financial Daily)
* "Nikkei Ryutsu Simbun", (Nikkei Marketing Journal)
* "Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun"

Local papers

* "Ainu Times"
* "Akita Sakigake Shimpo"
* "Chiba Nippo"
* "Chugoku Shimbun"
* "Daily Tohoku"
* "Ehime Shimbun"
* "Fukui Shimbun"
* "Fukushima Minpo"
* "Fukushima Minyu"
* "Gifu Shimbun"
* "Hokkaido Shimbun"
* "Hokkoku Shimbun"
* "Hokuriku Chunichi Shimbun"
* "Ibaraki Shimbun"
* "Ise Shimbun"
* "Iwate Nippo"
* "Jomo Shimbun"
* "Kahoku Shimpo"
* "Kanagawa Shimbun"
* "Kitanippon Shimbun"
* "Kobe Shimbun"
* "Kochi Shimbun"
* "Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun"
* "Kyoto Shimbun"
* "Minaminippon Shimbun"
* "Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun"
* "Nagasaki Shimbun"
* "Nara Shimbun"
* "Nihonkai Shimbun"
* "Niigata Nippo"
* "Nishinippon Shimbun"
* "Oita Godo Shimbun"
* "Okinawa Times"
* "Ryūkyū Shimpo"
* "Saga Shimbun"
* "Saitama Shimbun"
* "Sanin Chuo Shimpo"
* "Sanyō Shimbun"
* "Shikoku Shimbun"
* "Shimotsuke Shimbun"
* "Shinano Mainichi Shimbun"
* "Shizuoka Shimbun"
* "Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun"
* "Tokushima Shimbun"
* "Too Nippo"
* "Yamagata Shimbun"
* "Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun"

Sports papers

* "Chukyo Sports"
* "Chunichi Sports"
* "Daily Sports"
* "Doshin Sports"
* "Kyūshū Sports"
* "Nikkan Sports"
* "Nishinippon Sports"
* "Osaka Sports"
* "Sankei Sports"
* "Sports Hochi" (formerly the "Hochi Shimbun")
* "Sports Nippon"
* "Tokyo Chunichi Sports"
* "Tokyo Sports"

Tabloids

* "Nikkan Gendai"
* "Yukan Fuji"

English language papers

* "The Daily Yomiuri"
* "International Herald Tribune / The Asahi Shimbun"
* "The Japan Times"

tance & circulation, only morning (2007)

*#Yomiuri : conservative (High quality paper) 10,042,075
*#Asahi : Left (High quality paper) 8,093885
*#Mainichi : Liberal/left (High quality paper) 3,974,559
*#Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun : Left (High quality paper) 3,475,049
*#Nihon Keizai : Business (High quality paper) 3,034,481
*#Tokyo Sports : (Sports) 2,228,000
*#Sankei : Right (High quality paper) 2,191,587
*#Nikkan Sports 1,970,000
*#Nikkan Geadai : Left (Tabloid) 1,681,500
*#Yukan Fuji : Right (Tabloid) 1,559,000
*#Akahata (Red Flag) : Communist Party bulletin 1,680,000
*#Houchi Shimbun : (Sports) 1,428,000
*#Sankei Sports 1,367,734
*#Hokkaido Shimbun : Left (High quality paper) 1,209,231
*#Daily Sports 963,000
*#Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports 942,034
*#Nishinippon Shimbun : Left (High quality paper) 852,943
*#Chugoku Shimbun : Left (High quality paper) 719,194
*#Shizuoka Shimbun : Left (High quality paper) 717,000
*#Kobe Shimbun : Left (High quality paper) 562,011
*#Kyoto Shimbun : Left (High quality paper) 506,841
*#Kahoku Shimpo : Liberal (High quality paper) 504,953
*#Shinano Mainichi Shimbun : Liberal (High quality paper) 485,000
*#Kanagawa Shimbun : Liberal (High quality paper) 300,000

The number of newspapers per 1,000 people

*1 Iceland 795.7
*2 Japan 634.5
*3 Norway 626.3
*4 Sweden 583.4
*5 Finland 518.4
*6 South Korea 449.8
*7 Denmark 442.9Source:WAN "World Press Trends"（2006） [http://www.pressnet.or.jp/data/01cirsekai.htm]