Chugoku Shimbun

Chugoku Shimbun
中国新聞

Type	Daily newspaper
Owner	The Chugoku Shimbun Co., Ltd.
Founded	May 5, 1892
Headquarters	Hiroshima
Official website	www.chugoku-np.co.jp

Headquarters of Chugoku Shimbun in Hiroshima.

The Chugoku Shimbun (中国新聞, Chūgoku Shinbun^?) is a Japanese local daily newspaper based in Hiroshima. It serves the Chūgoku region of Japan with a market share in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane, Okayama and Tottori Prefectures. The newspaper publishes morning paper and evening editions. The morning paper has a daily circulation of 646,908. And the evening paper has a daily circulation of 40,648.

History

"The Daily Chugoku" was established on May 5, 1892 in Hiroshima and was founded by its editor, Saburo Yamamoto. The newspaper changed its name to "The Chugoku Shimbun", which translates to "Newspaper of the country which exists in the middle ", in 1908. The Chugoku Shimbun lost 113 employees and the building and equipment were completely destroyed by the A-Bomb on August 6, 1945. They had restarted publishing on August 9 by asking other newspapers help.

External links

• Chugoku Shimbun in Japanese