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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comfort_women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Comfort women</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comfort_women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coral_article_fabrication" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coral_article_fabrication"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Coral article fabrication</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coral_article_fabrication-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ritsu_Ito_interview_report" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ritsu_Ito_interview_report"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Ritsu Ito interview report</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ritsu_Ito_interview_report-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asahi_Shimbun_Asia_Network" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asahi_Shimbun_Asia_Network"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Asahi Shimbun Asia Network</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asahi_Shimbun_Asia_Network-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asahi_Prize" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asahi_Prize"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Asahi Prize</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asahi_Prize-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reproductions_of_past_issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reproductions_of_past_issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Reproductions of past issues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reproductions_of_past_issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Offices" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Offices"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Offices</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Offices-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports_sponsorship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports_sponsorship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Sports sponsorship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_sponsorship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_companies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_companies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Group companies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_companies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><i>The Asahi Shimbun</i></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_%C5%9Eimbun" title="Asahi Şimbun – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Asahi Şimbun" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Асахи Шимбун – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Асахи Шимбун" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_%C5%A1imbun" title="Asahi šimbun – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Asahi šimbun" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C" title="روزنامه آساهی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="روزنامه آساهی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_shinbun" title="Asahi shinbun – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Asahi shinbun" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%82%AC%ED%9E%88_%EC%8B%A0%EB%AC%B8" title="아사히 신문 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아사히 신문" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shinbun" title="Asahi Shinbun – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Asahi Shinbun" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಅಸಾಹಿ ಶಿಂಭೂನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅಸಾಹಿ ಶಿಂಭೂನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aszahi_Sinbun" title="Aszahi Sinbun – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aszahi Sinbun" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%89" title="صحيفة اساهى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="صحيفة اساهى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E" title="朝日新聞 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="朝日新聞" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Асахи симбун – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Асахи симбун" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shinbun" title="Asahi Shinbun – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Asahi Shinbun" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%96_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Асахі Сімбун – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Асахі Сімбун" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asahi_Shimbun" title="The Asahi Shimbun – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="The Asahi Shimbun" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB" title="朝日新闻 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="朝日新闻" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" 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death in 2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/TV_Asahi" title="TV Asahi">TV Asahi</a> (11.88%)<br /><a href="/wiki/Toppan" title="Toppan">Toppan</a> (7.31%)<br /><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Asahi Broadcasting Corporation">Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdcorp</a> (2.31%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murayama_Ry%C5%8Dhei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Murayama Ryōhei (page does not exist)">Murayama Ryōhei</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E5%B1%B1%E9%BE%8D%E5%B9%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:村山龍平">ja</a>]</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Ueno_Riichi" title="Ueno Riichi">Ueno Riichi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">January 25, 1879<span class="noprint">; 145 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published 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href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Centre-left_politics" title="Centre-left politics">Centre-left</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Nakanoshima" title="Nakanoshima">Nakanoshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kita-ku,_Osaka" title="Kita-ku, Osaka">Kita-ku, Osaka</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4,574,906 (2021)</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5,160,355 (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-2020circulation_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020circulation-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5,954,336 (2018)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6,572,195 (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>7,960,000 (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.asahi.com/">www<wbr />.asahi<wbr />.com</a></span> (Japanese)<br /><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.asahi.com/ajw">www<wbr />.asahi<wbr />.com<wbr />/ajw</a></span> (English)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.4em; border-top: 1px solid #aaa"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Japan">Media of Japan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Japan" title="List of newspapers in Japan">List of newspapers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Asahi_Shinbun_Company.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_the_Asahi_Shinbun_Company.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Asahi_Shinbun_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_the_Asahi_Shinbun_Company.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Asahi_Shinbun_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_the_Asahi_Shinbun_Company.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_Asahi_Shinbun_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the Asahi Shimbun Company</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nakanoshima_Festival_Tower_20120429-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Nakanoshima_Festival_Tower_20120429-001.jpg/220px-Nakanoshima_Festival_Tower_20120429-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Nakanoshima_Festival_Tower_20120429-001.jpg/330px-Nakanoshima_Festival_Tower_20120429-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Nakanoshima_Festival_Tower_20120429-001.jpg/440px-Nakanoshima_Festival_Tower_20120429-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2447" data-file-height="3671" /></a><figcaption>Nakanoshima Festival Tower East<br />Asahi Shimbun Osaka Head Office is on the 9th to the 12th floors.</figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>The Asahi Shimbun</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5" class="extiw" title="wikt:朝日">朝日</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E" class="extiw" title="wikt:新聞">新聞</a></span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ja-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[asaçi<span class="wrap"> </span>ɕiꜜmbɯɴ]</a></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">morning sun newspaper</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>, English: <i>Asahi News</i>)</span> is one of the five largest <a href="/wiki/Newspapers_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers in Japan">newspapers in Japan</a>. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, and is considered a <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_of_record" title="Newspaper of record">newspaper of record</a> for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and 1.33 million for its evening edition as of July 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was second behind that of the <i><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Shimbun</a></i>. By print circulation, it is the second <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_world_by_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="List of newspapers in the world by circulation">largest newspaper in the world</a> behind the <i>Yomiuri</i>, though its digital size trails that of many global newspapers including <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its publisher, The Asahi Shimbun Company,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Media_conglomerate" title="Media conglomerate">media conglomerate</a> with its registered headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">privately held</a> <a href="/wiki/Family_business" title="Family business">family business</a> with ownership and control remaining with the founding Murayama and Ueno families. </p><p>According to the Reuters Institute Digital Report 2018, public trust in the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> is the lowest among Japan's major dailies, though confidence is declining in all the major newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> is one of the five largest <a href="/wiki/Newspapers_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers in Japan">newspapers in Japan</a> along with the <i><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Shimbun</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Shimbun" title="Mainichi Shimbun">Mainichi Shimbun</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nikkei" title="The Nikkei">Nihon Keizai Shimbun</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Shimbun" title="Chunichi Shimbun">Chunichi Shimbun</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asahi-ASA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Asahi-ASA.jpg/220px-Asahi-ASA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Asahi-ASA.jpg/330px-Asahi-ASA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Asahi-ASA.jpg/440px-Asahi-ASA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>ASA newspaper delivery agent</figcaption></figure> <p>One of Japan's oldest and largest national daily newspapers, the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> began publication in <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> on 25 January 1879 as a small-print, four-page illustrated paper that sold for one sen (a hundredth of a yen) a copy, and had a circulation of approximately 3,000 copies. The three founding officers of a staff of twenty were Kimura Noboru (company president), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Murayama_Ry%C5%8Dhei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Murayama Ryōhei (page does not exist)">Murayama Ryōhei</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E5%B1%B1%E9%BE%8D%E5%B9%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:村山龍平">ja</a>]</span> (owner), and Tsuda Tei (managing editor). The company's first premises were at Minami-dōri, Edobori in Osaka. On 13 September of the same year, <i>Asahi</i> printed its first editorial. </p><p>In 1881, the <i>Asahi</i> adopted an all-news format, and enlisted <a href="/wiki/Ueno_Riichi" title="Ueno Riichi">Ueno Riichi</a> as co-owner. From 1882, <i>Asahi</i> began to receive financial support from the Government and <a href="/wiki/Mitsui" title="Mitsui">Mitsui</a>, and hardened the management base. Then, under the leadership of Ueno, whose brother was one of the Mitsui managers, and Murayama, the <i>Asahi</i> began its steady ascent to national prominence. On 10 July 1888, the first issue of the <i>Tokyo Asahi Shimbun</i> was published from the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> office at Motosukiyachō, Kyōbashi. The first issue was numbered No. 1,076 as it was a continuation of three small papers: <i>Jiyū no Tomoshibi</i>, <i>Tomoshibi Shimbun</i> and <i>Mesamashi Shimbun</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 1 April 1907, the renowned writer <a href="/wiki/Natsume_S%C5%8Dseki" title="Natsume Sōseki">Natsume Sōseki</a>, then 41, resigned his teaching positions at Tokyo Imperial University, now <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo University">Tokyo University</a>, to join the <i>Tokyo Asahi Shimbun</i>. This was soon after the publication of his novels <i>Wagahai wa Neko de Aru</i> (<i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_a_Cat" title="I Am a Cat">I Am a Cat</a></i>) and <i><a href="/wiki/Botchan" title="Botchan">Botchan</a></i>, which made him the center of literary attention.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 1 October 1908, <i>Osaka Asahi Shimbun</i> and <i>Tokyo Asahi Shimbun</i> were merged into a single unified corporation, <i>Asahi Shimbun Gōshi Kaisha</i>, with a capitalization of approximately 600,000 yen.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1918, because of its critical stance towards <a href="/wiki/Terauchi_Masatake" title="Terauchi Masatake">Terauchi Masatake</a>'s cabinet during the <a href="/wiki/Rice_Riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Rice Riots">Rice Riots</a>, government authorities suppressed an article in the <i>Osaka Asahi</i>, leading to a softening of its liberal views, and the resignation of many of its staff reporters in protest.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Indeed, the newspaper's liberal position led to its vandalization during the <a href="/wiki/February_26_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="February 26 Incident">February 26 Incident</a> of 1936, as well as repeated attacks from <a href="/wiki/Uyoku_dantai" title="Uyoku dantai">ultranationalists</a> throughout this period (and for that matter, throughout its history). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toward_and_during_the_war">Toward and during the war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Toward and during the war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the latter half of the 1930s, <i>Asahi</i> ardently supported Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe" title="Fumimaro Konoe">Fumimaro Konoe</a>'s wartime government (called <i>Konoe Shin Taisei</i>, or Konoe's New Political Order) and criticized capitalism harshly under <a href="/wiki/Taketora_Ogata" title="Taketora Ogata">Taketora Ogata</a>, the Editor in Chief of <i>Asahi Shimbun</i>. Influential editorial writers of <i>Asahi</i> such as Shintarō Ryū, Hiroo Sassa, and <a href="/wiki/Hotsumi_Ozaki" title="Hotsumi Ozaki">Hotsumi Ozaki</a> (an informant for the famous spy <a href="/wiki/Richard_Sorge" title="Richard Sorge">Richard Sorge</a>) were the center members of the <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_Kenky%C5%ABkai" title="Shōwa Kenkyūkai">Shōwa Kenkyūkai</a>, which was a political <a href="/wiki/Think_tank" title="Think tank">think tank</a> for Konoe. </p><p>Ogata was one of the leading members of the <i><a href="/wiki/Geny%C5%8Dsha" class="mw-redirect" title="Genyōsha">Genyōsha</a></i> which had been formed in 1881 by <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dyama_Mitsuru" title="Tōyama Mitsuru">Tōyama Mitsuru</a>. The <i>Genyōsha</i> was an <a href="/wiki/Ultranationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultranationalist">ultranationalist</a> group of organized crime figures and those with far right-wing political beliefs. <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dki_Hirota" title="Kōki Hirota">Kōki Hirota</a>, who was later hanged as a Class A war criminal, was also a leading member of the <i>Genyōsha</i> and one of Ogata's best friends. Hirota was the chairman of Tōyama's funeral committee, and Ogata was the vice-chairman. </p><p>Ryū, who had been a Marxist economist of the Ōhara Institute for Social Research<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before he entered <i>Asahi</i>, advocated centrally <a href="/wiki/Planned_economies" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned economies">planned economies</a> in his <i>Nihon Keizai no Saihensei</i> (Reorganization of Japanese Economies. 1939). And Sassa, a son of ultranationalistic politician Sassa Tomofusa, joined hands with far-right generals (they were called <i><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dd%C5%8Dha" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōdōha">Kōdōha</a></i> or <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Way_Faction" title="Imperial Way Faction">Imperial Way Faction</a>) and terrorists who had assassinated <a href="/wiki/Junnosuke_Inoue" title="Junnosuke Inoue">Junnosuke Inoue</a> (ex–Minister of Finance), Baron <a href="/wiki/Dan_Takuma" title="Dan Takuma">Dan Takuma</a> (chairman of the board of directors of the <a href="/wiki/Mitsui" title="Mitsui">Mitsui</a> <a href="/wiki/Zaibatsu" title="Zaibatsu">zaibatsu</a>) and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Inukai_Tsuyoshi" title="Inukai Tsuyoshi">Inukai Tsuyoshi</a> to support Konoe. In 1944, they attempted assassination of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Hideki_T%C5%8Dj%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hideki Tōjō">Hideki Tōjō</a> (one of the leaders of <i><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dseiha" title="Tōseiha">Tōseiha</a></i> or Control Group which conflicted with <i>Kōdōha</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Japanese Army</a>). </p><p>On 9 April 1937, the <i><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze_(1937_aircraft)" title="Kamikaze (1937 aircraft)">Kamikaze</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi" title="Mitsubishi">Mitsubishi</a> aircraft sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun company and flown by Masaaki Iinuma, arrived in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, to the astonishment of the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>. It was the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. </p><p>On 1 September 1940, the <i>Osaka Asahi Shimbun</i> and the <i>Tokyo Asahi Shimbun</i> unified their names into the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i>. </p><p>On 1 January 1943, the publication of the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> was stopped by the government after the newspaper published a critical essay contributed by <a href="/wiki/Seig%C5%8D_Nakano" title="Seigō Nakano">Seigō Nakano</a>, who was also one of the leading members of the <i><a href="/wiki/Gen%27y%C5%8Dsha" title="Gen'yōsha">Genyōsha</a></i> and Ogata's best friend. </p><p>On 27 December 1943, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagataka_Murayama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nagataka Murayama (page does not exist)">Nagataka Murayama</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E5%B1%B1%E9%95%B7%E6%8C%99" class="extiw" title="ja:村山長挙">ja</a>]</span>, a son-in-law of Murayama Ryōhei and the President of <i>Asahi</i>, removed Ogata from the Editor in Chief and relegated him to the Vice President to hold absolute power in <i>Asahi</i>. </p><p>On 22 July 1944, Ogata, Vice President of <i>Asahi</i>, became a <a href="/wiki/Minister_without_Portfolio" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister without Portfolio">Minister without Portfolio</a> and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in <a href="/wiki/Kuniaki_Koiso" title="Kuniaki Koiso">Kuniaki Koiso</a>'s cabinet. </p><p>On 7 April 1945, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Shimomura" title="Hiroshi Shimomura">Hiroshi Shimomura</a>, former Vice President of <i>Asahi</i>, became the Minister without Portfolio and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in <a href="/wiki/Kantar%C5%8D_Suzuki" title="Kantarō Suzuki">Kantarō Suzuki</a>'s cabinet. </p><p>On 17 August 1945, Ogata became the Minister without Portfolio and the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Cabinet_Secretary" title="Chief Cabinet Secretary">Chief Cabinet Secretary</a> and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in <a href="/wiki/Prince_Higashikuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Higashikuni">Prince Higashikuni</a>'s cabinet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_war">After the war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After the war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 November 1945, as a way of assuming responsibility for compromising the newspaper's principles during the war, the <i>Asahi Shimbun's</i> president and senior executives resigned en masse. </p><p>On 21 November 1946, the newspaper adopted the modern <a href="/wiki/Kana" title="Kana">kana</a> usage system (<i><a href="/wiki/Modern_kana_usage" title="Modern kana usage">shin kanazukai</a></i>). </p><p>On 30 November 1949, the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> started to publish the serialized cartoon strip <a href="/wiki/Sazae-san" title="Sazae-san">Sazae-san</a> by Machiko Hasegawa. This was a landmark cartoon in Japan's postwar era. </p><p>Between 1954 and 1971, <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> published a glossy, large-format annual in English entitled <i>This is Japan</i>. </p><p>Between April and May 1989, the paper reported that a coral reef near <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a> was defaced by "すさんだ心根の日本人" (a man with a Japanese dissolute mind). It later turned to be a report in which the reporter himself defaced the coral reef. This incident was called <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E7%8F%8A%E7%91%9A%E8%A8%98%E4%BA%8B%E6%8D%8F%E9%80%A0%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6" class="extiw" title="ja:朝日新聞珊瑚記事捏造事件">ja:朝日新聞珊瑚記事捏造事件</a> (the <i>Asahi Shimbun coral article hoax incident</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-fccj_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fccj-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, and the president resigned to take responsibility for it.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 June 2007, Yoichi Funabashi was named the third editor-in-chief of <i>Asahi Shimbun</i>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Ueno" title="Shōichi Ueno">Shōichi Ueno</a>, the newspaper's co-owner since 1997, died on 29 February 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-ash_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ash-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Shin-ichi Hakojima was CEO, a partnership with the <i><a href="/wiki/International_New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="International New York Times">International Herald Tribune</a></i> led to the publication of an English-language newspaper, the <i><b>International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun</b></i>. It continued from April 2001 until February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-shin-chan_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shin-chan-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It replaced <i>Asahi's</i> previous English-language daily, the <i><b>Asahi Evening News</b></i>. In 2010, this partnership was dissolved due to unprofitability and the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> now operates the <i>Asia & Japan Watch</i> online portal for English readers.<sup id="cite_ref-shin-chan_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shin-chan-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Tribune</i> (now known as <i><a href="/wiki/The_International_New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="The International New York Times">The International New York Times</a></i>) cooperates with <i>Asahi</i> on <i>Aera English</i>, a glossy magazine for English learners.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_stance">Political stance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=5" 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progressivism">Economic progressivism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">Environmentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equality_before_the_law" title="Equality before the law">Equality before the law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press" title="Freedom of the press">Freedom of the press</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">Freedom of religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">Freedom of speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Japan" title="Human rights in Japan">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacificism" title="Pacificism">Pacificism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_sovereignty" title="Popular sovereignty">Popular sovereignty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_law" title="Rule of law">Rule of law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_justice" title="Social justice">Social justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welfare_state" title="Welfare state">Welfare state</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #AAA; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution" title="Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution">Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_and_People%27s_Rights_Movement" title="Freedom and People's Rights Movement">Freedom and People's Rights Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanity_Declaration" title="Humanity Declaration">Humanity Declaration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty" title="London Naval Treaty">London Naval Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taish%C5%8D_Democracy" title="Taishō Democracy">Taishō Democracy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #AAA; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">People</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tomoko_Abe" title="Tomoko Abe">Abe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Edano" title="Yukio Edano">Edano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokuz%C5%8D_Fukuda" title="Tokuzō Fukuda">Fukuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuzawa_Yukichi" title="Fukuzawa Yukichi">Fukuzawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dichir%C5%8D_Genba" title="Kōichirō Genba">Genba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamaguchi_Osachi" title="Hamaguchi Osachi">Hamaguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Hatoyama" title="Yukio Hatoyama">Hatoyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morihiro_Hosokawa" title="Morihiro Hosokawa">Hosokawa</a></li> <li><a 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var(--color-base)">Parties</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><b>Active</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan">Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan</a></li></ul> <p><b>Former</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aikoku_K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D" title="Aikoku Kōtō">Aikoku Kōtō</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan)">Constitutional Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_1996)" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)">Democratic Party</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_2016)" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)">Democratic Party</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Democratic Party of Japan">Democratic Party of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Governance_Party" title="Good Governance Party">Good Governance Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_New_Party" title="Japan New Party">Japan New Party</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kenseit%C5%8D" title="Kenseitō">Kenseitō</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1881)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1881)">Liberal Party</a> (1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1890)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1890)">Liberal Party</a> (1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1998)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)">Liberal Party</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_2016)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 2016)">Liberal Party</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Party_Nippon" title="New Party Nippon">New Party Nippon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Party_Sakigake" title="New Party Sakigake">New Party Sakigake</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rikken_Kokumint%C5%8D" title="Rikken Kokumintō">Rikken Kokumintō</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list 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title="Mainichi Shimbun">Mainichi Shimbun</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Television" title="Sun Television">Sun Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TBS_Holdings" title="TBS Holdings">TBS Holdings</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Shimbun" title="Tokyo Shimbun">Tokyo Shimbun</a></i></li></ul> <p><b>Former</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yorozu_Ch%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Yorozu Chōhō">Yorozu Chōhō</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #AAA; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Related topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Japan" title="Politics of Japan">Politics of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_Japan" title="Conservatism in Japan">Conservatism in Japan</a></li> <li><a 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navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Liberalism_in_Japan" title="Template:Liberalism in Japan"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Liberalism_in_Japan" title="Template talk:Liberalism in Japan"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Liberalism_in_Japan" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Liberalism in Japan"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> is considered left-leaning<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been called "the intellectual flagship of Japan's political left,"<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a long tradition of reporting on big political scandals more often than its conservative counterparts.<sup id="cite_ref-economist_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economist-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper is considered a <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_of_record" title="Newspaper of record">newspaper of record</a> in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> is critical of right-wing <a href="/wiki/Japanese_nationalism" title="Japanese nationalism">Japanese nationalism</a> and shows <a href="/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">progressive</a> tendencies in <a href="/wiki/Cultural_liberalism" title="Cultural liberalism">cultural</a> and <a href="/wiki/Postnationalism" title="Postnationalism">diplomatic</a> issues, but has a <a href="/wiki/Neoliberalism" title="Neoliberalism">neoliberal</a> tendency economically. The latter contrasts with <i><a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Shimbun" title="Mainichi Shimbun">Mainichi Shimbun</a>'</i>s relatively <a href="/wiki/Keynesian_economics" title="Keynesian economics">Keynesian</a> economic viewpoint.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in general evaluation, the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> seems to have a tone representing Japanese <a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">social-liberals</a> (left-liberals).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Asahi</i> has called for upholding of Japan's postwar <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution</a> and particularly <a href="/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution" title="Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution">Article 9</a>, which bars the use of war to resolve disputes. The newspaper has also opposed changes in interpretation of the anti-war provision, including one made in 2014 that allowed the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Japan Self-Defense Forces</a> to come to the aid of an ally under attack—the so-called right of collective self-defense.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the <i>Asahi</i> retracted articles based on the discredited testimony of <a href="/wiki/Seiji_Yoshida" title="Seiji Yoshida">Seiji Yoshida</a>, its editorial position still recognizes the existence of the <a href="/wiki/Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">comfort women</a> as Korean and other women from Japan's conquered territories during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> who were coerced into <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitution</a> to serve the Japanese military.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comfort_women">Comfort women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Comfort women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2014, the newspaper retracted the discredited testimonies of <a href="/wiki/Seiji_Yoshida" title="Seiji Yoshida">Seiji Yoshida</a> about the forcible recruitment of <a href="/wiki/Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">comfort women</a> that were cited in several articles published by the <i>Asahi</i> and other major Japanese newspapers in the 1980s and 1990s. The paper drew ire from conservative media who, along with Abe's government, criticized it for damaging Japan's reputation abroad,<sup id="cite_ref-JT_sexual_slavery_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JT_sexual_slavery-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some leveraging on this episode to imply that sexual slavery itself was a fabrication. The <i>Asahi</i> newspaper reaffirmed in its retracting article that "the fact that women were coerced into being sexual partners for Japanese soldiers cannot be erased" but also confirmed "No official documents were found that directly showed forcible taking away by the military on the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, where the people living there were made 'subjects' of the Japanese Empire under Japanese colonial rule. Prostitution agents were prevalent due to the poverty and patriarchal family system. For that reason, even if the military was not directly involved, it is said it was possible to gather many women through such methods as work-related scams and human trafficking."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster">Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the March 2011 <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster">Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster</a>, the <i>Asahi</i> and other newspapers faced growing public criticism for adhering too closely to the government narrative during their reporting of the disaster.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ejc.net_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ejc.net-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the <i>Asahi</i> strengthened its investigative reporting unit, called the <i>Tokubetsu Hodobu,</i> or Special Reports Section, to take a more independent approach to its coverage. The section won many awards, including the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Newspaper_Publishers_and_Editors_Association" title="Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association">Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association</a> Award in 2012 and again in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2014, the section published what it hoped would be its biggest scoop yet: a copy of the firsthand account of the disaster given by <a href="/wiki/Masao_Yoshida_(nuclear_engineer)" title="Masao Yoshida (nuclear engineer)">Masao Yoshida</a>, who was the manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant when the triple meltdown occurred; the testimony, recorded by government investigators, had been kept hidden from public view. In the testimony, Yoshida said that 90% of the plant's employees had left the plant at the height of the crisis despite him having given instructions for them to remain. He also testified that he believed his instructions had simply not reached the employees in the chaos of the disaster. However, controversy erupted over the <i>Asahi</i> story, and particularly the headline, which stated: “Workers Evacuated, Violating Plant Manager Orders."<sup id="cite_ref-Fackler_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fackler-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper came under intense criticism for slandering the workers by implying that they had fled the plant due to cowardice, when many in Japan had come to see Yoshida and plant workers as heroes who had prevented a worse disaster at the plant.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japanese journalist Ryusho Kadota, who have previously interviewed Yoshida and plant workers, was one of the first to criticize the <i>Asahi</i> for mischaracterizing the evacuation.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Asahi</i> at first defended its story, demanding that Kadota's publisher apologize and issue a correction.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in August, the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Shimbun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sankei_Shimbun" title="Sankei Shimbun">Sankei Shimbun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyodo_News" title="Kyodo News">Kyodo News</a> and <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> all acquired the same testimony, apparently from the government, and used it not to shed light on the disaster, but to attack the <i>Asahi</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid-September, facing intense criticism from other media and the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for its Fukushima coverage and also its retractions of the comfort women stories, the <i>Asahi</i> suddenly announced that the Yoshida story had been mistaken and retracted it. The president of the <i>Asahi</i>, Tadakazu Kimura, a supporter of the investigative section, resigned to take responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yomiuri20140912_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yomiuri20140912-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The reporters and editors responsible for the story were punished, and the Special Reports Section reduced in size, with many of its members reassigned elsewhere in the paper. Two of the top reporters later quit to found a <a href="/wiki/Non-profit_journalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit journalism">non-profit journalism</a> organization that is one of the first in Japan dedicated to investigative journalism, the Waseda Chronicle (name changed to Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa in March 2021). The Asahi's investigative section was told to avoid coverage of the Fukushima disaster, and has largely faded from view.<sup id="cite_ref-Fackler_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fackler-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coral_article_fabrication">Coral article fabrication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coral article fabrication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the evening edition of April 20, 1989, an article described how the world's largest Azami <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a> in a sea area designated as a natural environment conservation area in <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a> was damaged, with the initial "KY" scratched on the coral. Along with a color photograph of the scratched coral, the article lamented the decline in Japanese morals. Later, investigations by local divers who had doubts about the article proved that the <i>Asahi</i> photographer himself made the scratches to forge a newspaper article. Taking responsibility, the president (at that time) Toichiro Hitotsuyanagi was forced to resign.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was also known as the KY case. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ritsu_Ito_interview_report">Ritsu Ito interview report</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ritsu Ito interview report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 27 September 1950, a solo interview with a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party" title="Japanese Communist Party">Japanese Communist Party</a> executive in hiding, Ritsu Ito, was posted. Later it was revealed that this was forged by the <i>Asahi</i> reporter in charge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asahi_Shimbun_Asia_Network">Asahi Shimbun Asia Network</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Asahi Shimbun Asia Network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Asahi Shimbun Asia Network (AAN) is a think tank that aims to promote information exchange in Asia and provide opportunities for scholars, researchers and journalists to share their ideas on pressing themes in Asia. It was established in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Gong_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gong-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their work includes annual international symposia and the publication of research reports.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, Gong Ro Myung was chosen as the new president of AAN.<sup id="cite_ref-Gong_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gong-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Symposia have included: </p> <ul><li>2008 Human Mobility and Regional Integration in Asia: The Current Situation of Higher Education and Labor Market and Policy Response<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Reports include such titles as: </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asahi.com//english/asianet/report/eng_report_2000.html">"Cooperative Security in Northeast Asia"</a>. 2000.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cooperative+Security+in+Northeast+Asia&rft.date=2000&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asahi.com%2F%2Fenglish%2Fasianet%2Freport%2Feng_report_2000.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asahi.com/english/asianet/report/eng_report_2001.html">"New Age of Migration in Asia"</a>. 2001.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+Age+of+Migration+in+Asia&rft.date=2001&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asahi.com%2Fenglish%2Fasianet%2Freport%2Feng_report_2001.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHajime,_Izumi2010" class="citation web cs1">Hajime, Izumi (8 July 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/aan/english/hatsu/eng_hatsu100708.html">"Condemn but Converse: A Japan-U.S.-R.O.K. Response to North Korea"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100717064728/http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/aan/english/hatsu/eng_hatsu100708.html">Archived</a> from the original on 17 July 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Condemn+but+Converse%3A+A+Japan-U.S.-R.O.K.+Response+to+North+Korea&rft.date=2010-07-08&rft.au=Hajime%2C+Izumi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asahi.com%2Fshimbun%2Faan%2Fenglish%2Fhatsu%2Feng_hatsu100708.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asahi_Prize">Asahi Prize</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Asahi Prize"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Asahi_Prize" title="Asahi Prize">Asahi Prize</a></div> <p>Established in 1929, the Asahi Prize is a prize awarded by the newspaper, since 1992 by the Asahi Shimbun Foundation, for achievements in scholarship or the arts that has made a lasting contribution to Japanese culture or society.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproductions_of_past_issues">Reproductions of past issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Reproductions of past issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reproductions of past issues of the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> are available in three major forms; as <a href="/wiki/CD-ROM" title="CD-ROM">CD-ROMs</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Microfilm" class="mw-redirect" title="Microfilm">microfilm</a>, and as <i>shukusatsuban</i> (縮刷版, literally, "reduced-sized print editions"). <i>Shukusatsuban</i> is a technology popularized by <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> in the 1930s as a way to compress and archive newspapers by reducing the size of the print to fit multiple pages of a daily newspaper onto one page. <i>Shukusatsuban</i> are geared towards libraries and archives, and are usually organized and released by month. These resources are available at many leading research universities throughout the world (usually universities with reputable <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> studies programs). </p><p>The <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> has a CD-ROM database consisting of an index of headlines and sub-headlines from the years 1945–1999. A much more expensive full-text searchable database is available only at the Harvard-Yenching Library at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, which notably includes advertisements in its index. Researchers using other university libraries would probably have to first use the CD-ROM index, and then look into the microfilm or <i>shukusatsuban</i> versions. Microfilm versions are available from 1888; <i>shukusatsuban</i> versions are available from 1931. Issues of the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i> printed since August 1984 are available through <a href="/wiki/LexisNexis" title="LexisNexis">Lexis-Nexis</a> Academic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Offices">Offices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Offices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Osaka Head Office (registered headquarters): Nakanoshima Festival Tower East, 3-18, Nakanoshima Nichome, <a href="/wiki/Kita-ku,_Osaka" title="Kita-ku, Osaka">Kita-ku, Osaka</a></li> <li>Tokyo Head Office: 3-2, Tsukiji Gochome, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Tokyo" title="Chūō, Tokyo">Chūō, Tokyo</a> <ul><li>Hokkaidō Office: 1-1, Kita-Nijo-nishi Itchome, Chūō-ku, <a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Nagoya Head Office: 3-3, Sakae Itchome, Naka-ku, <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a></li> <li>West Head Office: <a href="/wiki/Riverwalk_Kitakyushu" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverwalk Kitakyushu">Riverwalk Kitakyushu</a>, 1-1, Muromachi Itchome, Kokura Kita-ku, <a href="/wiki/Kitakyushu" title="Kitakyushu">Kitakyushu</a> <ul><li>Fukuoka Office: 1-1, Hakata Ekimae Nichome, Hakata-ku, <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka,_Fukuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukuoka, Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Osaka-Asahi-Shimbun-Bldg-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Asahi Shimbun Building (2006)"><img alt="Asahi Shimbun Building (2006)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Osaka-Asahi-Shimbun-Bldg-01.jpg/80px-Osaka-Asahi-Shimbun-Bldg-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Osaka-Asahi-Shimbun-Bldg-01.jpg/119px-Osaka-Asahi-Shimbun-Bldg-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Osaka-Asahi-Shimbun-Bldg-01.jpg/159px-Osaka-Asahi-Shimbun-Bldg-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1898" data-file-height="2855" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Asahi Shimbun Building (2006)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Osaka_Asahi_Shimbun_Bldgs_20120429-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Asahi Shimbun Building and Osaka Asahi Building (2012)"><img alt="Asahi Shimbun Building and Osaka Asahi Building (2012)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Osaka_Asahi_Shimbun_Bldgs_20120429-001.jpg/120px-Osaka_Asahi_Shimbun_Bldgs_20120429-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Osaka_Asahi_Shimbun_Bldgs_20120429-001.jpg/180px-Osaka_Asahi_Shimbun_Bldgs_20120429-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Osaka_Asahi_Shimbun_Bldgs_20120429-001.jpg/240px-Osaka_Asahi_Shimbun_Bldgs_20120429-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3595" data-file-height="2397" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Asahi Shimbun Building and Osaka Asahi Building (2012)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asahi_Shimbun_Tokyo_Head_Office.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office"><img alt="Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Asahi_Shimbun_Tokyo_Head_Office.JPG/90px-Asahi_Shimbun_Tokyo_Head_Office.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Asahi_Shimbun_Tokyo_Head_Office.JPG/135px-Asahi_Shimbun_Tokyo_Head_Office.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Asahi_Shimbun_Tokyo_Head_Office.JPG/180px-Asahi_Shimbun_Tokyo_Head_Office.JPG 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_sponsorship">Sports sponsorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sports sponsorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asahishimbunmodern.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Asahishimbunmodern.png/220px-Asahishimbunmodern.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Asahishimbunmodern.png 1.5x" data-file-width="275" data-file-height="59" /></a><figcaption>Colored modern logo of <i>Asahi Shimbun</i></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Asahi Shimbun</i> was the official supporter for several <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a>'s competitions, most recently the <a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019 AFC Asian Cup</a>. They used to support both of AFC's club competitions; the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">AFC Champions League</a> and <a href="/wiki/AFC_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Cup">AFC Cup</a> until 2018 season. They were official sponsors of the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 FIFA World Cup</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Group_companies">Group companies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Group companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikkan_Sports" title="Nikkan Sports">Nikkan Sports</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Shimbun" title="Kanagawa Shimbun">Kanagawa Shimbun</a></i></li> <li><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5" class="extiw" title="ja:ヘラルド朝日">International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun</a> (Herald-Asahi, from the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Wikipedia" title="Japanese Wikipedia">Japanese Wikipedia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Sonorama" title="Asahi Sonorama">Asahi Shimbun Publications</a> (formerly Asahi Sonorama)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV_Asahi" title="TV Asahi">TV Asahi Holdings</a> (cross-shareholder; largest single stockholder in the newspaper)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Asahi Broadcasting Corporation">Asahi Broadcasting Corporation</a> (cross-shareholder)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-Nippon_News_Network" title="All-Nippon News Network">All-Nippon News Network</a></li> <li><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E6%9C%9D%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB" class="extiw" title="ja:テレ朝チャンネル">TV Asahi Channel</a> (pay TV channels via CS)</li> <li>Asahi Shimbun Foundation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FM_OSAKA" class="mw-redirect" title="FM OSAKA">FM OSAKA</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Japan">Media of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_characters" title="Asahi characters">Asahi characters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag" title="Rising Sun Flag">Rising Sun Flag</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kuri-chan" title="Kuri-chan">Kuri-chan</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Yonkoma" title="Yonkoma">yonkoma</a> manga which ran in the newspaper from 1951 to 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tensei_Jingo" title="Tensei Jingo">Tensei Jingo</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Asahi_Shimbun&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 33em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Asahi-shimbun">"Asahi Shimbun"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Britannica</a></i>. <q>The paper is known for its liberal and progressive views.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Asahi+Shimbun&rft.btitle=Britannica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Ftopic%2FAsahi-shimbun&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFackler2016" class="citation magazine cs1">Fackler, Martin (27 May 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/the-silencing-of-japans-free-press-shinzo-abe-media/">"The Silencing of Japan's Free Press"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Policy" title="Foreign Policy">Foreign Policy</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 March</span> 2020</span>. <q>That announcement capped a difficult year-and-a-half for independent media that saw the largest liberal newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun, subdued and other critical commentators removed from the airwaves.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Foreign+Policy&rft.atitle=The+Silencing+of+Japan%27s+Free+Press&rft.date=2016-05-27&rft.aulast=Fackler&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fforeignpolicy.com%2F2016%2F05%2F27%2Fthe-silencing-of-japans-free-press-shinzo-abe-media%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichard_McGregor2017" class="citation book cs1">Richard McGregor, ed. (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nclDDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22left-liberal%22+Asahi+Shimbun&pg=PA100"><i>Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century</i></a>. Penguin. p. 100. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780399562686" title="Special:BookSources/9780399562686"><bdi>9780399562686</bdi></a>. <q>In 1980, one prominent critic in the leading left-liberal daily, the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i>, wrote, ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Asia%27s+Reckoning%3A+China%2C+Japan%2C+and+the+Fate+of+U.S.+Power+in+the+Pacific+Century&rft.pages=100&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9780399562686&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnclDDgAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522left-liberal%2522%2BAsahi%2BShimbun%26pg%3DPA100&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLouis_G._Perez2013" class="citation book cs1">Louis G. Perez, ed. (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vl7Auu2UVEsC&dq=left-liberal+Asahi+Shimbun&pg=PA336"><i>Japan at War: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/ABC-CLIO" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC-CLIO">ABC-CLIO</a>. p. 336. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781598847420" title="Special:BookSources/9781598847420"><bdi>9781598847420</bdi></a>. <q>... Accused of disrespect toward the emperor, the liberal-left Asahi Shimbun has repeatedly been the target of violence. ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+at+War%3A+An+Encyclopedia%3A+An+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=336&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9781598847420&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dvl7Auu2UVEsC%26dq%3Dleft-liberal%2BAsahi%2BShimbun%26pg%3DPA336&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30241569">"Japan paper Yomiuri Shimbun retracts 'sex slaves' references"</a>. <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>. 28 November 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2020</span>. <q>In August the left-of-centre Asahi newspaper retracted a series of articles it had published about the comfort women issue based on the testimony of a Japanese author Seiji Yoshida.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Japan+paper+Yomiuri+Shimbun+retracts+%27sex+slaves%27+references&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft.date=2014-11-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-30241569&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2014/09/20/gotcha">"The press in Japan - Gotcha"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i>. 20 September 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Asahi+Shimbun&rft.atitle=Asahi+Shimbun+co-owner+Ueno+dies+at+79&rft.date=2016-03-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fajw.asahi.com%2Farticle%2Fbehind_news%2Fpeople%2FAJ201603010043&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-shin-chan-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-shin-chan_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-shin-chan_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAndy_Sharp2010" class="citation news cs1">Andy Sharp (7 December 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thediplomat.com/tokyo-notes/2010/12/07/asahi-to-drop-english-daily/">"Asahi to Drop English Daily"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diplomat" title="The Diplomat">The Diplomat</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Foreign+Policy&rft.atitle=The+Silencing+of+Japan%27s+Free+Press&rft.date=2016-05-27&rft.aulast=Fackler&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fforeignpolicy.com%2F2016%2F05%2F27%2Fthe-silencing-of-japans-free-press-shinzo-abe-media%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-economist-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-economist_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21618895-string-errors-damage-leading-paper-gotcha">Gotcha</a>" - <i>The Economist</i> - 20 September 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrasor2021" class="citation news cs1">Brasor, Philip (27 November 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/27/national/media-national/japan-shifting-media-landscape/">"Reporter's death puts spotlight on shifting media landscape"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Japan_Times" title="The Japan Times">The Japan Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2022</span>. <q>One frequent target is the Asahi Shimbun, which to many is the liberal newspaper of record in Japan.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Japan+Times&rft.atitle=Reporter%27s+death+puts+spotlight+on+shifting+media+landscape&rft.date=2021-11-27&rft.aulast=Brasor&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2021%2F11%2F27%2Fnational%2Fmedia-national%2Fjapan-shifting-media-landscape%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnsonZimring2009" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, David T.; <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Zimring" title="Franklin Zimring">Zimring, Franklin E.</a> (February 2009). <i>The Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)</i>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. p. 71. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0195337402" title="Special:BookSources/978-0195337402"><bdi>978-0195337402</bdi></a>. <q>Some months later, Japan's newspaper of record (the Asahi Shimbun) published a poem calling Hatoyama "the grim reaper" (shinigami).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Next+Frontier%3A+National+Development%2C+Political+Change%2C+and+the+Death+Penalty+in+Asia+%28Studies+in+Crime+and+Public+Policy%29&rft.pages=71&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2009-02&rft.isbn=978-0195337402&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=David+T.&rft.au=Zimring%2C+Franklin+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLuknerSakaki2019" class="citation book cs1">Lukner, Kerstin; Sakaki, Alexandra (December 2019). <i>Trust and Mistrust in Contemporary Japanese Politics</i> (1st ed.). <a href="/wiki/Routledge" title="Routledge">Routledge</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0367892753" title="Special:BookSources/978-0367892753"><bdi>978-0367892753</bdi></a>. <q>..Asahi Shimbun, Japan's second largest newspaper and the 'newspaper of record' ..</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Trust+and+Mistrust+in+Contemporary+Japanese+Politics&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2019-12&rft.isbn=978-0367892753&rft.aulast=Lukner&rft.aufirst=Kerstin&rft.au=Sakaki%2C+Alexandra&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://magazine.logi-biz.com/pdf-data.php?id=1903/">"労働者には「改悪」でしかない小泉・竹中「改革」メディアの本義を忘れ礼賛に終始する朝日・日経[メディア批評]：ロジスティクス・ビジネス[Logi-Biz]バックナンバー"</a>. <i>月刊ロジスティクス・ビジネス</i> (in Japanese). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=%E6%9C%88%E5%88%8A%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9&rft.atitle=%E5%8A%B4%E5%83%8D%E8%80%85%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AF%E3%80%8C%E6%94%B9%E6%82%AA%E3%80%8D%E3%81%A7%E3%81%97%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E5%B0%8F%E6%B3%89%E3%83%BB%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%AD%E3%80%8C%E6%94%B9%E9%9D%A9%E3%80%8D%E3%83%A1%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%AC%E7%BE%A9%E3%82%92%E5%BF%98%E3%82%8C%E7%A4%BC%E8%B3%9B%E3%81%AB%E7%B5%82%E5%A7%8B%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5%E3%83%BB%E6%97%A5%E7%B5%8C%26%2391%3B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E6%89%B9%E8%A9%95%26%2393%3B%EF%BC%9A%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%26%2391%3BLogi-Biz%26%2393%3B%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC&rft.date=2007-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmagazine.logi-biz.com%2Fpdf-data.php%3Fid%3D1903%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichard_McGregor2017" class="citation book cs1">Richard McGregor, ed. (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nclDDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22left-liberal%22+Asahi+Shimbun&pg=PA100"><i>Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century</i></a>. Penguin. p. 100. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780399562686" title="Special:BookSources/9780399562686"><bdi>9780399562686</bdi></a>. <q>In 1980, one prominent critic in the leading left-liberal daily, the <i>Asahi Shimbun</i>, wrote, ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Asia%27s+Reckoning%3A+China%2C+Japan%2C+and+the+Fate+of+U.S.+Power+in+the+Pacific+Century&rft.pages=100&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9780399562686&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnclDDgAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522left-liberal%2522%2BAsahi%2BShimbun%26pg%3DPA100&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asahi+Shimbun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLouis_G._Perez2013" class="citation book cs1">Louis G. 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Tokyo Institute of Technology. 12 January 2011. 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Fisher. <i>The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers</i> (1980) pp. 59–67</li> <li><i>Asahi Shimbun Shashi</i> (Tokyo and Osaka: Asahi Shimbun Sha, 1990–1995. Official history of <i>Asahi</i>)</li> <li>"Asahi Shimbun" in <i>Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan</i> (Tokyo and New York: <a href="/wiki/Kodansha" title="Kodansha">Kodansha</a>, 1983).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDe_Lange2023" class="citation book cs1">De Lange, William (2023). <i>A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State</i>. 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href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABky%C5%AB_Shimp%C5%8D" title="Ryūkyū Shimpō">Ryūkyū Shimpō</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Times" title="Okinawa Times">Okinawa Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8D-%C5%8C_Nipp%C5%8D" title="Tō-Ō Nippō">Tō-Ō Nippō</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sanyo_Shimbun" title="Sanyo Shimbun">Sanyo Shimbun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yamaguchi_Shimbun" title="Yamaguchi Shimbun">Yamaguchi Shimbun</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organ papers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jiyu_Minshu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiyu Minshu (page does not exist)">Jiyu Minshu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seikyo_Shimbun" title="Seikyo Shimbun">Seikyo Shimbun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shimbun_Akahata" title="Shimbun Akahata">Shimbun 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