List of newspapers in Japan
The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. In 2009 the number of the newspapers was 110 in the country.
Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan.
National papers
- Yomiuri Shimbun 10,042,075
- Asahi Shimbun 8,093,885
- Mainichi Shimbun 3,974,559
- Sankei Shimbun 2,191,587
- Nikkei Shimbun 3,034,481
[Hokkaido]
Block papers of Hokkaido
- Hokkaidō Shimbun
Regional papers of Hokkaido
- Ishikari
- * Chitose Mimpō
- Sorachi
- * Kitasorachi Shimbum
- * Minamisorachi Shimpō
- * Press Sorachi
- * Yūbari Times
- Shiribeshi
- * Otaru Shimpō
- Iburi
- * Muroran Mimpō
- * Tomakomai Mimpō
- Hidaka
- * Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun
- Oshima
- * Hakodate Shimbun
- Kamikawa
- * Asahikawa Shimbun
- * Biei Shimbun
- * Dōhoku Nippō
- * Hokuto Shimbun
- * Nayoro Shimbun
- * Nikkan Furano
- Rumoi
- * Haboro Times
- * 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
- Nemuro
- * Nemuro Shimbun
Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido
- 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
[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
- * Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun
- * Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun
- * Morioka Times
- * Ōtsuchi Shimbun
- * 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
- * Ōdate Shimpō
- * Senboku Shimbun
- Yamagata
- * Shōnai Nippō
- * Yonezawa Shimbun
- Fukushima
- * Abukuma Jihō
- * Fukushima Minyū
- * Iwaki Mimpō
- * Yūkan Yamatsuri
Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region
- Miyagi Times
- Ishinomaki Shimbun
- Kamaishi Shimpō
- Jōyō Shimbun
- Senpoku Shimbun
- Iwate Tōkai Shimbun
- Minamisanriku Shimbun
- Fujisato Shimbun
[Kantō region]
Block paper of Kantō region
- Tokyo Shimbun
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
- * Nikkan Shimmimpō
- Chiba
- * Bōnichi Shimbun
- Kanagawa
- * Shinsei Mimpō
- Tōkyō
- * Nankai Times
- * 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
[Chūbu region]
Block paper of Chūbu region
- Chunichi 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
- * Shinshū Nippō
- * Suzaka Shimbum
- 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
- * Kyōdo 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
[Kinki region]
Prefecture papers of Kinki region
- Kyōto
- * Kyōto Shimbun
- Hyōgo
- * Kōbe 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
- Nara
- * Nara Nichinichi Shimbun
- * 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
[Chūgoku region]
Block paper of Chūgoku region
- Chūgoku 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
- * Yawatahama Shimbun
Defunct newspapers of Shikoku
- Nikkan Shin Ehime
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Block paper of Kyūshū
- Nishinippon Shimbun
Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
- Saga
- * Saga Shimbun
- Nagasaki
- * Nagasaki Shimbun
- Kumamoto
- * Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
- Ōita
- * Ōita Gōdō Shimbun
- Miyazaki
- * Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun
- Kagoshima
- * Minaminippon Shimbun
- Okinawa
- * Okinawa Times
- * Ryūkyū Shimpō
Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa
- Fukuoka
- * Ariake Shimpō
- * Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun
- * Itoshima Shimbun
- * Kokura Times
- * Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun
- * Nikkan Ōmuta
- Saga
- * Tosu Shimbun
- Nagasaki
- * Iki Nichinichi Shimbun
- * Iki Nippō
- * 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
Sports papers
- Chukyo Sports
- Chunichi Sports
- Daily Sports
- Doshin Sports
- Kyūshū Sports
- Nikkan Sports
- Nishinippon Sports
- Osaka Sports
- Sankei Sports
- Sports Hochi
- Sports Nippon
- Tokyo Chunichi Sports
- Tokyo Sports
Party organs
- Akahata
- Jiyu Minshu
- Komei Shinbun
- Press Minshu
- Shakai Shimpo
Business papers
- Fuji Sankei Business i.
- The Kabushiki Shimbun
- Nihon Kogyo Simbun
- Nihon Securities Journal
- Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
- Nikkei Kinyu Simbun
- Nikkei Ryutsu Simbun
- Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun
- Nikkei Veritas
Industry papers
- The Chemical Daily
- The Education Newspaper
- The Hoken Mainichi Shinbun
- Denki Shimbun
- Japan Food Journal
- The Japan Marine Daily
- Japan Rubber Weekly
- The Minato Daily
- National Chamber of Agriculture
- Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun
- Nippon Nogyo Shinbun
- The Suisan Times
Tabloids
- Nikkan Gendai
- Yukan Fuji
English language papers
- International Herald Tribune / The Asahi Shimbun
- The Japan News
- The Japan Times
- Nikkei Asian Review
- The Wall Street Journal Asia
- Tokyo Reporter, translates Japanese tabloids
Chinese language papers
- Chubun Doho
- Jiho Shyukan
- Toho Doho
Braille papers
- Tenji Mainichi
Stance and circulation, only morning (2007)
- Yomiuri: conservative 10,042,075
- Asahi: left 8,093,885
- Mainichi: liberal/left 3,974,559
- Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left 3,475,049
- Nihon Keizai: business, conservative 3,034,481
- Tokyo Sports: 2,228,000
- Sankei: right 2,191,587
- Nikkan Sports: 1,970,000
- Nikkan Geadai: left 1,681,500
- Yukan Fuji: right 1,559,000
- Akahata : Communist Party bulletin 1,680,000
- Houchi Shimbun: 1,428,000
- Sankei Sports: 1,367,734
- Hokkaido Shimbun: left 1,209,231
- Daily Sports: 963,000
- Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 942,034
- Nishinippon Shimbun: left 852,943
- Chugoku Shimbun: left 719,194
- Shizuoka Shimbun: left 717,000
- Kobe Shimbun: left 562,011
- Kyoto Shimbun: left 506,841
- Kahoku Shimpo: liberal 504,953
- Shinano Mainichi Shimbun: liberal 485,000
- Kanagawa Shimbun'': liberal 300,000