List of newspapers in Japan

The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country.

Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.)

Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: The Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun.

Big six

 * Yomiuri Shimbun (daily) 6,860,222
 * The Asahi Shimbun (daily) 4,298,513
 * Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun (daily) 2 ,321,414
 * Mainichi Shimbun (daily) 1,933,714
 * Nihon Keizai Shimbun (daily) 1,753,877
 * Sankei Shimbun (daily) 1,026,293

Block papers of Hokkaido

 * Hokkaido Shimbun

Regional papers of Hokkaido

 * Sorachi
 * Kitasorachi Shimbun (Fukagawa)
 * Press Sorachi (Takikawa)
 * Shiribeshi
 * Otaru Shimpō (Otaru)
 * Iburi
 * Muroran Mimpō (Muroran)
 * Tomakomai Mimpō (Tomakomai)
 * Hidaka
 * Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun (Urakawa)
 * Oshima
 * Hakodate Shimbun (Hakodate)
 * Kamikawa
 * Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa)
 * Biei Shimbun (Biei)
 * Dōhoku Nippō (Shibetsu)
 * Hokuto Shimbun (Nayoro)
 * Nayoro Shimbun (Nayoro)
 * Nikkan Furano (Furano)
 * Rumoi
 * Nikkan Rumoi Shimbun (Rumoi)
 * Sōya
 * Nikkan Sōya (Wakkanai)
 * Wakkanai Press (Wakkanai)
 * Okhotsk
 * Abashiri Times (Abashiri)
 * Bihoro Shimbun (Bihoro)
 * Hokkai Minyū Shimbun (Mombetsu)
 * Keizai no Denshobato (Kitami)
 * Kunneppu Shimpō (Kunneppu)
 * Memambetsu Shimbun (Ōzora)
 * Oketo Times (Oketo)
 * Tsubetsu Shimpō (Tsubetsu)
 * Yamanami (Engaru)
 * Tokachi
 * Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun (Obihiro)
 * Kushiro
 * Kushiro Shimbun (Kushiro)

Defunct newspapers of Hokkaido

 * Kitami Mainichi Shimbun (Kitami, 1950 – 1989)
 * Akabira Shimpō (Akabira, 1962 – 1990)
 * Nikkan Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa, 1984 – 1992)
 * Okhotsk Shimbun (Kitami, 1989 – 1993)
 * Bibai Shimpō (Bibai, 1949 – 1996)
 * Hokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 – 1998)
 * Nahokkai Times (prefecture paper, 1946 – 1998)
 * Kitami Gorjetsu (Kitami, 1912 – 2001)
 * Abashiri Shimbun (Abashiri, 1947 – 2004)
 * Mikasa Times (Mikasa, 1949 – 2007)
 * Bibai Shimbun (Bibai, 1996 – 2007)
 * Sorachi Times (Ashibetsu, 1950 – 2007)
 * Shari Shimbun (Shari, 1979 – 2008)
 * Ishikari Minyū Shimbun (Ishikari, 1988 – 2009)
 * Sapporo Times (Sapporo, 1999 – 2009)
 * Okhotsk Shimbun (former Mombetsu Shimbun, Mombetsu, 1958 – 2009)
 * Nikkan Iwamizawa Shimbun (Iwamizawa, 1949 – 2009)
 * Engaru Shimbun (Engaru, 1976 – 2015)
 * Minamisorachi Shimpō (Kuriyama)
 * Chitose Mimpō (Chitose)
 * Yūbari Times (Yūbari)
 * Nemuro Shimbun (Nemuro)
 * Haboro Times (Haboro)

Block paper of Tōhoku region

 * Kahoku Shimpō

Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region

 * Aomori
 * Tōō Nippō
 * Iwate
 * Iwate Nippō
 * Akita
 * Akita Sakigake Shimpō
 * Yamagata
 * Yamagata Shimbun
 * Fukushima
 * Fukushima Minpō

Regional papers of Tōhoku region

 * Aomori
 * Daily Tōhoku (Hachinohe)
 * Mutsu Shimpō (Hirosaki)
 * Tsugaru Shimpō (Kuroishi)
 * Iwate
 * Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun (Ichinoseki)
 * Morioka Times (Morioka)
 * Tankō Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōshū)
 * Tōkai Shimpō (Ōfunato)
 * Miyagi
 * Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun (Ishinomaki)
 * Ishinomaki Kahoku (Ishinomaki)
 * Ōsaki Times (Ōsaki)
 * Riasu no Kaze (Kesennuma)
 * Sanriku Shimpō (Kesennuma)
 * Akita
 * Akita Mimpō (Daisen)
 * Hokuroku Shimbun (Ōdate)
 * Hokuu Shimpō (Noshiro)
 * Senboku Shimbun (Daisen)
 * Yamagata
 * Shōnai Nippō (Tsuruoka)
 * Fukushima
 * Abukuma Jihō (Sukagawa)
 * Fukushima Minyū (Fukushima)
 * Iwaki Mimpō (Iwaki)
 * Yūkan Yamatsuri (Yamatsuri)
 * Ōtsuchi Shimbun (Ōtsuchi)

Defunct newspapers of Tōhoku region

 * Miyagi Times (Kesennuma, – 1995)
 * Ishinomaki Shimbun (Ishinomaki, 1946 – 1998)
 * Kamaishi Shimpō (Kamaishi, 1982 – 1999)
 * Jōyō Shimbun (Minamisanriku, – 2007)
 * Senpoku Shimbun (Naruko, – 2007)
 * Iwate Tōkai Shimbun (Kamaishi, 1948 – 2011)
 * Minamisanriku Shimbun (Minamisanriku, 2008 – 2011)
 * Fujisato Shimbun (Fujisato, 1959 – 2012)
 * Ōdate Shimpō (Ōdate, 1980 – 2015)
 * Fukkō Kamaishi Shimbun (Kamaishi, 2011 – 2021)
 * Yonezawa Shimbun (Yonezawa, 1879 – 2021)

Prefecture papers of Kantō region

 * Ibaraki
 * Ibaraki Shimbun
 * Tochigi
 * Shimotsuke Shimbun
 * Gunma
 * Jōmō Shimbun
 * Saitama
 * Saitama Shimbun
 * Chiba
 * Chiba Nippō
 * Kanagawa
 * Kanagawa Shimbun

Regional papers of Kantō region

 * Tochigi
 * Mōka Shimbun (Mōka)
 * Gunma
 * Kiryū Times (Kiryū)
 * Saitama
 * Bunka Shimbun (Hannō)
 * Chiba
 * Bōnichi Shimbun (Tateyama)
 * Kanagawa
 * Shinsei Mimpō (Odawara)
 * Tōkyō
 * Nishitama Shimbun (Fussa)
 * Ogasawara Shimbun (Ogasawara)
 * Setagaya Shimbun (Setagaya)
 * Suginami Shimbun (Suginami)
 * Tama Tōkyō Nippō (Akishima)
 * Toshima Shimbun (Toshima)
 * Weekly News Nishi no Kaze (Oume)

Defunct newspapers of Kantō region

 * Tōkyō Times (Kōtō, 1946 – 1992)
 * Tochigi Shimbun (Utsunomiya, 1950 – 1996)
 * Hitachi Mimpō (Hitachi, 1950 – 2000)
 * Shin Ibaraki (Mito, 1952 – 2003)
 * Nikkan Jōsō Shimbun (Chōshi, 1975 – 2009)
 * Tama Newtown Times (Tama, 1969 – 2012)
 * Bōsō Jiji Shimbun (Kisarazu, 1949 – 2012)
 * Jōyō Shimbun (Tsuchiura, 1948 – 2013)
 * Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun (Tokyo, 1872 – 1943)
 * Heimin Shinbun (Tokyo, 1903 – 1915)
 * Nikkan Shimmimpō (Tokorozawa, 1952 – 2012)
 * Nankai Times (Hachijō)

Block papers of Chūbu region

 * Chūnichi Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Chūbu region

 * Yamanashi
 * Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun
 * Nagano
 * Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
 * Niigata
 * Niigata Nippō
 * Toyama
 * Kitanippon Shimbun
 * Ishikawa
 * Hokkoku Shimbun
 * Fukui
 * Fukui Shimbun
 * Shizuoka
 * Shizuoka Shimbun
 * Gifu
 * Gifu Shimbun

Regional papers of Chūbu region

 * Yamanashi
 * Yamanashi Shimpō (Kōfu)
 * Yatsugatake Journal (Hokuto)
 * Nagano
 * Minamishinshū Shimbun (Iida)
 * Nagano Nippō (Suwa)
 * Okaya Shimin Shimbun (Okaya)
 * Ōito Times (Ōmachi)
 * Shimin Times (Matsumoto)
 * Suzaka Shimbun (Suzaka)
 * Niigata
 * Echigo Journal (Sanjō)
 * Jōetsu Times (Jōetsu)
 * Kashiwazaki Nippō (Kashiwazaki)
 * Nagaoka Shimbun (Nagaoka)
 * Ojiya Shimbun (Ojiya)
 * Sanjō Shimbun (Sanjō)
 * Shūhō Tōkamachi (Niigata)
 * Tōkamachi Shimbun (Tōkamachi)
 * Tōkamachi Times (Tōkamachi)
 * Tsunan Shimbun (Tsunan)
 * Toyama
 * Jōhana Jihō (Nanto)
 * Toyama Shimbun (Toyama)
 * Ishikawa
 * Hokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun (Kanazawa)
 * Fukui
 * Nikkan Kenmin Fukui (Fukui)
 * Shizuoka
 * Fuji News (Fuji)
 * Gakuyō Shimbun (Fujinomiya)
 * Izu Shimbun (Itō)
 * Numazu Asahi Shimbun (Numazu)
 * Numazu Shimbun (Numazu)
 * Aichi
 * Chūbu Keizai Shimbun (Nagoya)
 * Higashiaichi Shimbun (Toyohashi)
 * Mikawa Shimpō (Nishio)
 * Nikkan Tōmei (Seto)
 * Tōkai Aichi Shimbun (Okazaki)
 * Tōkai Nichinichi Shimbun (Toyohashi)

Defunct newspapers of Chūbu region

 * Himi Shimbun (Himi, 1936 – 2000)
 * Suwa Maiyū Shimbun (Suwa, 1954 – 2004)
 * Chūbu Shimpō (Hekinan, 1959 – 2004)
 * Kokoku Shimbun (Shimosuwa, 1946 – 2005)
 * Hida News (Hida, 1995 – 2005)
 * Ina Mainichi Shimbun (Ina, 1955 – 2008)
 * Hakuba Shimbun (Hakuba, 1975 – 2008)
 * Nagoya Times (Nagoya, 1946 – 2008)
 * Kōshoku Shimbun (Chikuma, 1982 – 2011)
 * Chūnō Shimbun (Seki, 1947 – 2011)
 * Shinshū Nippō (Iida, 1956 - 2013)
 * Kyōdo Shimbun (Kakegawa)

Prefecture papers of Kinki region

 * Kyōto
 * Kyoto Shimbun
 * Hyōgo
 * Kobe Shimbun

Regional papers of Kinki region

 * Mie
 * Ise Shimbun (Tsu)
 * Kisei Shimbun (Owase)
 * Nanki Shimpō (Kumano)
 * Tōkai Keizai Shimbun (Tsu)
 * Yoshino Kumano Shimbun (Kumano)
 * Yūkan Mie (Matsusaka)
 * Shiga
 * Ōmi Dōmei Shimbun (Hikone)
 * Shiga Hōchi Shimbun (HIgashiōmi)
 * Kyōto
 * Ayabe Shimin Shimbun (Ayabe)
 * Kameoka Shimin Shimbun (Kameoka)
 * Maizuru Shimin Shimbun (Maizuru)
 * Rakunan Times (Uji)
 * Ryōtan Nichinichi Shimbun (Fukuchiyama)
 * Ōsaka
 * Ōsaka Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōsaka)
 * Jimmin Shimbun (Ibaraki)
 * Nara
 * Nara Shimbun (Nara)
 * Wakayama
 * Hidaka Shimpō (Gobō)
 * Kii Mimpō (Wakayama)
 * Kinan Shimbun (Shingū)
 * Kishū Shimbun (Gobō)
 * Kumano Shimbun (Shingū)
 * Wakayama Shimpō (Wakayama)

Defunct newspapers of Kinki region

 * Shiga Nichinichi Shimbun (Ōtsu, 1922 – 1979)
 * Kansai Shimbun (Ōsaka, – 1991)
 * Ōsaka Shimbun (Ōsaka, 1946 – 2002)
 * Doyōbi (Kyoto, 1936 – 1937)
 * Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (Nara, 2006 - 2019)

Block paper of Chūgoku region

 * Chugoku Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Chūgoku region

 * Tottori
 * Nihonkai Shimbun
 * Shimane
 * Sanin Chūō Shimpō
 * Okayama
 * Sanyō Shimbun
 * Yamaguchi
 * Yamaguchi Shimbun

Regional papers of Chūgoku region

 * Shimane
 * Shimane Nichinichi Shimbun (Matsue)
 * Okayama
 * Bihoku Mimpō (Niimi)
 * Tsuyama Asahi Shimbun (Tsuyama)
 * Hiroshima
 * Nishihiroshima Times (Hiroshima)
 * Taiyō Shimbun (Fukuyama)
 * Yamaguchi
 * Bōnichi Shimbun (Hōfu)
 * Hōfu Nippō (Hōfu)
 * Nikkan Iwakuni (Iwakuni)
 * Nikkan Shinshūnan (Shūnan)
 * Saikyō Shimbun (Yamaguchi)
 * Ube Nippō (Ube)
 * Yanai Nichinichi Shimbun (Yanai)

Defunct newspapers of Chūgoku region

 * Bōchō Shimbun (Iwakuni, 1964 – 2006)
 * Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun (Okayama, 1946 – 2011)

Prefecture papers of Shikoku

 * Kagawa
 * Shikoku Shimbun
 * Tokushima
 * Tokushima Shimbun
 * Ehime
 * Ehime Shimbun
 * Kōchi
 * Kōchi Shimbun

Regional papers of Shikoku

 * Kagawa
 * Shikoku Times (Takamatsu)
 * Tokushima
 * Tribune Shikoku (Tokushima)
 * Ehime
 * Yawatahama Mimpō (Yawatahama)

Defunct newspapers of Shikoku

 * Nikkan Shin Ehime (Matsuyama, 1960 – 1986)
 * Yawatahama Shimbun (Yawatahama, 1928 – 2019)

Block paper of Kyūshū

 * Nishinippon Shimbun

Prefecture papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

 * Saga
 * Saga Shimbun
 * Nagasaki
 * Nagasaki Shimbun
 * Kumamoto
 * Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
 * Ōita
 * Ōita Gōdō Shimbun
 * Miyazaki
 * Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun
 * Kagoshima
 * Minaminippon Shimbun
 * Okinawa
 * Okinawa Times
 * Ryūkyū Shimpō

Regional papers of Kyūshū and Okinawa

 * Fukuoka
 * Ariake Shimpō (Ōmuta)
 * Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun (Fukuoka)
 * Itoshima Shimbun (Itoshima)
 * Kokura Times (Kitakyūshū)
 * Saga
 * Tosu Shimbun (Tosu)
 * Nagasaki
 * Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki)
 * Iki Nippō (Iki)
 * Shimabara Shimbun (Shimabara)
 * Tsushima Shimbun (Tsushima)
 * Kumamoto
 * Nikkan Hitoyoshi Shimbun (Hitoyoshi)
 * Ōita
 * Konnichi Shimbun (Beppu)
 * Miyazaki
 * Yūkan Daily (Nobeoka)
 * Kagoshima
 * Amami Shimbun (Naze)
 * Minamikyūshū Shimbun (Kanoya)
 * Nankai Nichinichi Shimbun (Naze)
 * Okinawa
 * Miyako Mainichi Shimbun (Miyakojima)
 * Miyako Shimpō (Miyakojima)
 * Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun (Ishigaki)
 * Yaeyama Nippō (Ishigaki)

Defunct newspapers of Kyūshū

 * Fukunichi Shimbun (Fukuoka, 1946 – 1992)
 * Kagoshima Shimpō (Kagoshima, 1959 – 2004)
 * Karatsu Shimbun (Karatsu, 1946 – 2008)
 * Kurume Nichinichi Shimbun (Kurume, 1957 – 2017)
 * Nikkan Ōmuta (Ōmuta, 1985 – 2018)

Sports papers

 * Chukyo Sports
 * Chunichi Sports
 * Daily Sports
 * Doshin Sports
 * Kyūshū Sports
 * Nikkan Sports
 * Nishinippon Sports
 * Osaka Sports
 * Sankei Sports
 * Sports Hochi (formerly the Hochi Shimbun)
 * Sports Nippon
 * Tokyo Chunichi Sports
 * Tokyo Sports

Party organs

 * Akahata (Red Flag) (newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party, daily)
 * Jiyu Minshu (newspaper of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), weekly)
 * Komei Shimbun (newspaper of the Komeito, daily)
 * Press Minshu (newspaper of the Democratic Party of Japan, sub-weekly)
 * Shakai Shimpo (newspaper of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), weekly)

Business papers

 * Fuji Sankei Business i.
 * The Kabushiki Shimbun
 * Nihon Kogyo Simbun
 * Nihon Securities Journal
 * Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
 * Nikkei Kinyu Simbun (Nikkei Financial Daily)
 * Nikkei Ryutsu Simbun (Nikkei Marketing Journal)
 * Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun
 * Nikkei Veritas

Industry papers

 * The Chemical Daily
 * The Education Newspaper
 * The Hoken Mainichi Shinbun
 * Denki Shimbun (Electric Daily News)
 * Japan Food Journal
 * The Japan Marine Daily
 * Japan Rubber Weekly
 * The Minato Daily
 * National Chamber of Agriculture
 * Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun
 * Nihon Nogyo Shinbun
 * The Suisan Times

Tabloids

 * Nikkan Gendai
 * Yukan Fuji

English language papers

 * The Asahi Shimbun Asia and Japan Watch
 * The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri)
 * The Japan Times
 * The Mainichi
 * Nikkei Asian Review
 * The Wall Street Journal Asia
 * Tokyo Reporter, translates Japanese tabloids
 * The Japan Times ST
 * Asahi Weekly
 * Japan Today

Chinese language papers

 * Chubun Doho
 * Jiho Shyukan
 * Toho Doho

Braille papers

 * Tenji Mainichi

Stance and circulation, only morning (2022)

 * Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 6,860,000
 * Asahi: left (high quality paper) 4,290,000
 * Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 2,320,000
 * Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,930,000
 * Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,750,000
 * Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
 * Tokyo Sports: (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
 * Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 1390,000
 * Nikkan Sports: 1,350,000
 * Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,350,000
 * Sankei Sports: 1,230,000
 * Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,050,000
 * Sankei: right (high quality paper) 1,02 0,000
 * Akahata (Red Flag): Communist Party bulletin 1,000,000
 * Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 84,0000
 * Daily Sports: 640,000
 * Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 537,000
 * Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 510,000
 * Nishinippon Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 427,000
 * Shinano Mainichi Shimbun: liberal (high quality paper) 412 ,000
 * Kobe Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 408,100