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.
National papers Big six Yomiuri Shimbun (daily) 5,856,320 The Asahi Shimbun (daily) 3,391,003 Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun (daily) about 2,100,000 Mainichi Shimbun (daily) 1,499,571 Nihon Keizai Shimbun (daily) 1,375,414 Sankei Shimbun (daily) 849,791
Hokkaido
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 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 Asahikawa Shimbun (Asahikawa, 1915 - 1943) 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)
Tōhoku region
Block paper of Tōhoku region Kahoku Shimpō
Prefecture papers of Tōhoku region Aomori Tōō Nippō Iwate Iwate Nippō Akita Akita Sakigake Shimpō Yamagata Yamagata Shimbun Fukushima Fukushima Minpō
Regional papers of Tōhoku region Aomori Daily Tōhoku (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)
Kantō region 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)
Chūbu region
Block papers of Chūbu region Chūnichi Shimbun
Prefecture papers of Chūbu region Yamanashi Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun Nagano The 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)
Kinki region
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)
Chūgoku region
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)
Shikoku
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)
Kyūshū, Okinawa
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 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) Iki Nippō (Iki, 1913 - 2012) Iki Nichinichi Shimbun (Iki, 1999 - 2016) 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 Brief 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 (2024)
Yomiuri: conservative (high quality paper) 5,850,000 Asahi: left (high quality paper) 3,390,000