The Nikkei
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 First issue ‘Chugai Bukka Shimpo’, 1876. | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)[1] |
| Owner(s) | Nikkei, Inc. |
| Publisher | Tsuneo Kita |
| Founded | 2 December 1876 (as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun) |
| Political alignment | Centre-right[2] Neoliberalism[2] Conservatism[3] |
| Language | Japanese and English |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Circulation | 2,946,594 Morning 1,558,594 Evening[4] |
| Website | www |
The Nikkei, formally The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞, lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding three million. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950.[5]
The roots of the Nikei Yomiuri's career started with an in-house newspaper department of Mitsui & Company in 1876 when it started publication of Chugai Bukka Shimpo (literally Domestic and Foreign Commodity Price Newspaper), a weekly market-quotation bulletin. The department was spun out as the Shokyosha in 1882. The paper became daily (except Sunday) in 1885 and was renamed Chugai Shōgyō Shimpo in 1889. It was merged with Nikkan Kōgyō and Keizai Jiji and renamed Nihon Sangyō Keizai Shimbun in 1942. The paper changed its name to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun in 1946.[6]
It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are The Asahi Shimbun, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Mainichi Shimbun.
Hong Kong[edit]
On August 10, 2020 three Hong Kong police officers visited the Hong Kong branch of The Nikkei, armed with a court order. The reason being investigations over an advert placed in The Nikkei a year prior calling for international support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.[7]
See also[edit]
- List of newspapers in Japan
- Media of Japan
- Japan Business Federation
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
- Nippon Ishin no Kai
- Democratic Party for the People
References[edit]
- ^ 日本経済新聞社グループの新聞印刷 ブランケット判
- ^ a b Myles Carroll, ed. (2021). The Making of Modern Japan: Power, Crisis, and the Promise of Transformation. BRILL. p. 213. ISBN 9789004466531.
... Finally, within the mass media, the centre- right Nihon Keizai Shimbun broadly speaks on behalf of a neoliberal vision for Japan and would be an effective mouthpiece for a neoliberal coalition, given its reputation ...
- ^ Debra L. Merskin, ed. (2019). The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781483375540.
... Sankei, Yomiuri, and The Nikkei are considered conservative, while Mainichi and Asahi are moderate and liberal, respectively. ...
- ^ ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) Japan, average for July–December 2012
- ^ Landers, Peter (July 23, 2015). "5 Things to Know About Nikkei". 5 Things (blog). The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ "History: COMPANY". nikkei.co.jp. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Hong Kong police sift the past to pursue new security law crimes". France 24. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
External links[edit]
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- Official website (in Japanese)
- Nikkei Asian Review official website (in English)
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