Talk:Japanese newspapers

Proposed changes
The title of this article somehow strikes me as awkward; isn’t there a better way to express it? Even more basically, why is there no Wikipedia article on “Japanese newspapers” per se?? There is a general article on “Newspapers,” with nothing about Japan, and a simple “List of Japanese newspapers” but nothing on Japanese newspapers per se. You should start such an article; one obvious place to start is the Japanese Wikipedia article on 新聞, plus articles in standard Japanese encyclopedias, Kokushi daijiten, etc. And why limit the dates to what is available at Columbia? This is very parochial, when a simple search on RLIN or OCLS will give you references to resources throughout the US. Also, the whole article should begin with an explanation of the ways in which newspapers have been reproduced, above all the shukusatsuban format, which should be clearly explained, and its history given (probably began with Asahi in early 20s). The whole article is too much like a list of what’s at Columbia: it should be a broader article on what is available anywhere. Throughout the article, the Romanization is inconsistent, sometimes “shinbun” sometimes “shimbun.” By the current Kenkyusha standard, all should be “shinbun.” But the “List of Japanese newspapers” article uses “m”. I think all should be changed to “n” but maybe this is going too far. Jb05-Hds2 00:29, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

The brief history also doesn't have any citations or explanation of what it means by "modern newspaper", when the some of the newspapers it cites were first published, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.125.1.182 (talk) 03:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Circulation
I came here trying to find out why all of the world's top five newspapers (by circulation) are Japanese; why, seemingly, a decent proportion of all newspapers published come from one country -- and not a country with an overwhelmingly huge population. Any ideas? 190.21.163.157 (talk) 04:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

In November of the same year
The Brief History is missing a date reference: In the first sentence of the second paragraph of this section there are no dates given yet the second sentence makes the date reference: "In November of the same year". However this appears to be incomplete as there is no year previously specified. Can someone with suitable knowledge please update this information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.115.145.188 (talk) 08:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

External links modified
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I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Japanese newspapers. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070814090820/http://www.pressnet.or.jp:80/data/01cirsekai.htm to http://www.pressnet.or.jp/data/01cirsekai.htm

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Seikyo Shimbun
Hello

It does not seem the Seikyo Shimbun is among the biggest newspapers in Japan, the numbers are impossible to verify + there is no official counting + it's not sold in convenience stores + the source added is impossible to verify -> I deleted the line.

Raoul mishima (talk) 03:51, 10 July 2024 (UTC)