List of newspapers in Japan
The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country.
Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan.
Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: The Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun.
National papers
Big six
Yomiuri Shimbun 5,856,320The Asahi Shimbun 3,391,003Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun about2,100,000Mainichi Shimbun 1,499,571Nihon Keizai Shimbun 1,375,414Sankei Shimbun 849,791[Hokkaido]
Block papers of Hokkaido
- ''Hokkaido Shimbun''
Regional papers of Hokkaido
Sorachi- * Kitasorachi Shimbun
- * Press Sorachi Shiribeshi
- * Otaru Shimpō Iburi
- * Muroran Mimpō
- * Tomakomai Mimpō Hidaka
- * Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun Oshima
- * Hakodate Shimbun Kamikawa
- * Biei Shimbun
- * Dōhoku Nippō
- * Hokuto Shimbun
- * Nayoro Shimbun
- * Nikkan Furano Rumoi
- * Nikkan Rumoi Shimbun Sōya
- * Nikkan Sōya
- * Wakkanai Press Okhotsk
- * Abashiri Times
- * Bihoro Shimbun
- * Hokkai Minyū Shimbun
- * Keizai no Denshobato
- * Kunneppu Shimpō
- * Memambetsu Shimbun
- * Oketo Times
- * Tsubetsu Shimpō
- * Yamanami Tokachi
- * Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun Kushiro
- * ''Kushiro Shimbun''
Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido
- * Asahikawa Shimbun Kitami Mainichi Shimbun Akabira Shimpō Nikkan Asahikawa Shimbun Okhotsk Shimbun Bibai Shimpō Hokkai Times Nahokkai Times Kitami Gorjetsu Abashiri Shimbun Mikasa Times Bibai Shimbun Sorachi Times Shari Shimbun Ishikari Minyū Shimbun Sapporo Times Okhotsk Shimbun Nikkan Iwamizawa Shimbun Engaru Shimbun Minamisorachi Shimpō Chitose Mimpō Yūbari Times Nemuro Shimbun
- ''Haboro Times''
[Tōhoku region]
Block paper of Tōhoku region
- ''Kahoku Shimpō''
Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region
Aomori- * Tōō NippōIwate
- * Iwate NippōAkita
- * Akita Sakigake ShimpōYamagata
- * Yamagata ShimbunFukushima
- * ''Fukushima Minpō''
Regional papers of Tōhoku region
Aomori- * Daily Tōhoku
- * Mutsu Shimpō
- * Tsugaru Shimpō Iwate
- * Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun
- * Morioka Times
- * Tankō Nichinichi Shimbun
- * Tōkai Shimpō Miyagi
- * Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun
- * Ishinomaki Kahoku
- * Ōsaki Times
- * Riasu no Kaze
- * Sanriku Shimpō Akita
- * Akita Mimpō
- * Hokuroku Shimbun
- * Hokuu Shimpō
- * Senboku Shimbun Yamagata
- * Shōnai Nippō Fukushima
- * Abukuma Jihō
- * Fukushima Minyū
- * Iwaki Mimpō
- * Yūkan Yamatsuri
- * ''Ōtsuchi Shimbun''
Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region
Miyagi Times Ishinomaki Shimbun Kamaishi Shimpō Jōyō Shimbun Senpoku Shimbun Iwate Tōkai Shimbun Minamisanriku Shimbun Fujisato Shimbun Ōdate Shimpō Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun- ''Yonezawa Shimbun''
[Kantō region]
Prefecture papers of Kantō region
Ibaraki- * Ibaraki ShimbunTochigi
- * Shimotsuke ShimbunGunma
- * Jōmō ShimbunSaitama
- * Saitama ShimbunChiba
- * Chiba NippōKanagawa
- * ''Kanagawa Shimbun''
Regional papers of Kantō region
Tochigi- * Mōka Shimbun Gunma
- * Kiryū Times Saitama
- * Bunka Shimbun Chiba
- * Bōnichi Shimbun Kanagawa
- * Shinsei Mimpō Tōkyō
- * Nishitama Shimbun
- * Ogasawara Shimbun
- * Setagaya Shimbun
- * Suginami Shimbun
- * Tama Tōkyō Nippō
- * Toshima Shimbun
- * ''Weekly News Nishi no Kaze''
Defunct newspapers of Kantō region
Tōkyō Times Tochigi Shimbun Hitachi Mimpō Shin Ibaraki Nikkan Jōsō Shimbun Tama Newtown Times Bōsō Jiji Shimbun Jōyō Shimbun Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun Heimin Shinbun Nikkan Shimmimpō- ''Nankai Times''
[Chūbu region]
Block papers of Chūbu region
- ''Chūnichi Shimbun''
Prefecture papers of Chūbu region
Yamanashi- * Yamanashi Nichinichi ShimbunNagano
- * Shinano Mainichi ShimbunNiigata
- * Niigata NippōToyama
- * Kitanippon ShimbunIshikawa
- * Hokkoku ShimbunFukui
- * Fukui ShimbunShizuoka
- * Shizuoka ShimbunGifu
- * ''Gifu Shimbun''
Regional papers of Chūbu region
Yamanashi- * Yamanashi Shimpō
- * Yatsugatake Journal Nagano
- * Minamishinshū Shimbun
- * Nagano Nippō
- * Okaya Shimin Shimbun
- * Ōito Times
- * Shimin Times
- * Suzaka Shimbun Niigata
- * Echigo Journal
- * Jōetsu Times
- * Kashiwazaki Nippō
- * Nagaoka Shimbun
- * Ojiya Shimbun
- * Sanjō Shimbun
- * Shūhō Tōkamachi
- * Tōkamachi Shimbun
- * Tōkamachi Times
- * Tsunan Shimbun Toyama
- * Jōhana Jihō
- * Toyama Shimbun Ishikawa
- * Hokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun Fukui
- * Nikkan Kenmin Fukui Shizuoka
- * Fuji News
- * Gakuyō Shimbun
- * Izu Shimbun
- * Numazu Asahi Shimbun
- * Numazu Shimbun Aichi
- * Chūbu Keizai Shimbun
- * Higashiaichi Shimbun
- * Mikawa Shimpō
- * Nikkan Tōmei
- * Tōkai Aichi Shimbun
- * ''Tōkai Nichinichi Shimbun''
Defunct newspapers of Chūbu region
Himi Shimbun Suwa Maiyū Shimbun Chūbu Shimpō Kokoku Shimbun Hida News Ina Mainichi Shimbun Hakuba Shimbun Nagoya Times Kōshoku Shimbun Chūnō Shimbun Shinshū Nippō- ''Kyōdo Shimbun''
[Kinki region]
Prefecture papers of Kinki region
Kyōto- * Kyoto ShimbunHyōgo
- * ''Kobe Shimbun''
Regional papers of Kinki region
Mie- * Ise Shimbun
- * Kisei Shimbun
- * Nanki Shimpō
- * Tōkai Keizai Shimbun
- * Yoshino Kumano Shimbun
- * Yūkan Mie Shiga
- * Ōmi Dōmei Shimbun
- * Shiga Hōchi Shimbun Kyōto
- * Ayabe Shimin Shimbun
- * Kameoka Shimin Shimbun
- * Maizuru Shimin Shimbun
- * Rakunan Times
- * Ryōtan Nichinichi Shimbun Ōsaka
- * Ōsaka Nichinichi Shimbun
- * Jimmin Shimbun Nara
- * Nara Shimbun Wakayama
- * Hidaka Shimpō
- * Kii Mimpō
- * Kinan Shimbun
- * Kishū Shimbun
- * Kumano Shimbun
- * ''Wakayama Shimpō''
Defunct newspapers of Kinki region
Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun Kansai Shimbun Ōsaka Shimbun Doyōbi- ''Nara Nichinichi Shimbun''
[Chūgoku region]
Block paper of Chūgoku region
- ''Chugoku Shimbun''
Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region
Tottori- * Nihonkai ShimbunShimane
- * Sanin Chūō ShimpōOkayama
- * Sanyō ShimbunYamaguchi
- * ''Yamaguchi Shimbun''
Regional papers of Chūgoku region
Shimane- * Shimane Nichinichi Shimbun Okayama
- * Bihoku Mimpō
- * Tsuyama Asahi Shimbun Hiroshima
- * Nishihiroshima Times
- * Taiyō Shimbun Yamaguchi
- * Bōnichi Shimbun
- * Hōfu Nippō
- * Nikkan Iwakuni
- * Nikkan Shinshūnan
- * Saikyō Shimbun
- * Ube Nippō
- * ''Yanai Nichinichi Shimbun''
Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region
Bōchō Shimbun- ''Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun''
[Shikoku]
Prefecture papers of Shikoku
KagawaRegional papers of Shikoku
Kagawa- * Shikoku Times Tokushima
- * Tribune Shikoku Ehime
- * ''Yawatahama Mimpō''
Defunct newspapers of Shikoku
Nikkan Shin Ehime- ''Yawatahama Shimbun''
[Kyūshū], Okinawa">Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa
Block paper of Kyūshū
Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
Saga- * Saga ShimbunNagasaki
- * Nagasaki ShimbunKumamoto
- * Kumamoto Nichinichi ShimbunŌita
- * Ōita Gōdō ShimbunMiyazaki
- * Miyazaki Nichinichi ShimbunKagoshima
- * Minaminippon ShimbunOkinawa
- * Okinawa Times
- * ''Ryūkyū Shimpō''
Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
Fukuoka- * Ariake Shimpō
- * Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun
- * Itoshima Shimbun
- * Kokura Times Saga
- * Tosu Shimbun Nagasaki
- * Shimabara Shimbun
- * Tsushima Shimbun Kumamoto
- * Nikkan Hitoyoshi Shimbun Ōita
- * Konnichi Shimbun Miyazaki
- * Yūkan Daily Kagoshima
- * Amami Shimbun
- * Minamikyūshū Shimbun
- * Nankai Nichinichi Shimbun Okinawa
- * Miyako Mainichi Shimbun
- * Miyako Shimpō
- * Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun
- * ''Yaeyama Nippō''
Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū
Fukunichi Shimbun Kagoshima Shimpō Karatsu Shimbun Iki Nippō Iki Nichinichi Shimbun Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun- ''Nikkan Ōmuta''
Sports papers
Chukyo SportsChunichi SportsDaily SportsDoshin SportsKyūshū SportsNikkan SportsNishinippon SportsOsaka SportsSankei SportsSports Hochi Sports NipponTokyo Chunichi Sports- ''Tokyo Sports''
Party organs
Akahata Jiyu Minshu Komei Shimbun Press Minshu- ''Shakai Shimpo''
Business papers
Fuji Sankei Business i.The Kabushiki ShimbunNihon Kogyo SimbunNihon Securities JournalNikkan Kogyo ShimbunNikkei Kinyu Simbun Nikkei Ryutsu Simbun Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun- ''Nikkei Veritas''
Industry papers
The Chemical DailyThe Education NewspaperThe Hoken Mainichi ShinbunDenki Shimbun Japan Food JournalThe Japan Marine DailyJapan Rubber WeeklyThe Minato DailyNational Chamber of AgricultureNikkan Jidosha ShimbunNihon Nogyo Shinbun- ''The Suisan Times''
Tabloids
Nikkan Gendai- ''Yukan Fuji''
English language papers
The Asahi Shimbun Asia and Japan WatchThe Japan News The Japan TimesThe MainichiNikkei Asian ReviewThe Wall Street Journal AsiaTokyo Reporter, translates Japanese tabloidsThe Japan Times STAsahi Weekly- ''Japan Today''
Chinese language papers
Chubun DohoJiho Shyukan- ''Toho Doho''
Braille papers
- ''Tenji Mainichi''