List of newspapers in Japan

National papers

Big six

• Yomiuri Shimbun 5,856,320
• The Asahi Shimbun 3,391,003
• Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun about2,100,000
• Mainichi Shimbun 1,499,571
• Nihon Keizai Shimbun 1,375,414
• Sankei 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 Nippō
• Iwate
• * Iwate Nippō
• Akita
• * Akita Sakigake Shimpō
• Yamagata
• * Yamagata Shimbun
• Fukushima
• * ''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 Shimbun
• Tochigi
• * Shimotsuke Shimbun
• Gunma
• * Jōmō Shimbun
• Saitama
• * Saitama Shimbun
• Chiba
• * Chiba Nippō
• Kanagawa
• * ''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 Shimbun
• Nagano
• * Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
• Niigata
• * Niigata Nippō
• Toyama
• * Kitanippon Shimbun
• Ishikawa
• * Hokkoku Shimbun
• Fukui
• * Fukui Shimbun
• Shizuoka
• * Shizuoka Shimbun
• Gifu
• * ''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 Shimbun
• Hyōgo
• * ''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 Shimbun
• Shimane
• * Sanin Chūō Shimpō
• Okayama
• * Sanyō Shimbun
• Yamaguchi
• * ''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

• Kagawa
• * Shikoku Shimbun
• Tokushima
• * Tokushima Shimbun
• Ehime
• * Ehime Shimbun
• Kōchi
• * ''Kōchi Shimbun''

  Regional papers of Shikoku

• Kagawa
• * Shikoku Times
• Tokushima
• * Tribune Shikoku
• Ehime
• * ''Yawatahama Mimpō''

  Defunct newspapers of Shikoku

• Nikkan Shin Ehime
• ''Yawatahama Shimbun''