Mainichi Shimbun ( Japanese 毎 日 日 , literally. “Daily Newspaper”; Romaji : Mainichi Shimbun ) is the Japanese national daily newspaper , one of the largest in the country. Published by The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd ( Japanese 株式会社 毎 日 新聞 社 Kabushiki-gaysha Mainichi Shimbunsya )
| Mainity Shimbun | |
|---|---|
 Mainity Shimbun Headquarters in Tokyo . | |
| Original title | 毎 日 新聞 |
| Type of | Daily newspaper |
| Format | 54.6 x 40.65 centimeters |
| Owner | The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. |
| Publisher | Masato Kitamura |
| A country | |
| Founded by | February 21, 1872 |
| Tongue | Japanese |
| Periodicity | |
| Main office | Tokyo Japan |
| Circulation | Morning issue: 3,945,646 ( 2005 ) Evening issue: 1,610,293 ( 2005 ) |
| Web site | www.mainichi.co.jp |
Content
History
The newspaper appeared on February 21, 1872 under the title Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun. Four years later, in 1876 the Osaka Nippo also appeared, in 1888 renamed the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun. In 1911, Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun and Osaka Mainichi Shimbun were merged. In 1943 their impressums were united under the name “Mainiti Shimbun” [1] . January 15, 2004, Mainity Shimbun and Microsoft Japan announced the merger of their online news sites [2] . In 2007, the site mainichi.jp [3] was launched.
Mainichi Shimbun sponsors the oldest shogi title tournament, Meijin (since 2004, together with Asahi Shimbun ; both of these newspapers run shogi columns). The contract amount is 360 million yen (about $ 4 million) per year [4] .
Achievements
- The first and for several years the only foreign media in the USSR that managed to get an interview with I.V. Stalin in 1926 (the next interview with Stalin was given to foreign media only four years later, in 1930 for United Press ) [five]
See also
- Mainity Award
Notes
- ↑ Company History (English) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 9, 2009. Archived April 8, 2012.
- ↑ Mainichi announces its online news site merger with MSN . Date of treatment October 9, 2009. Archived April 8, 2012.
- ↑ Reliability and openness key features of new Mainichi site . Date of treatment October 9, 2009.
- ↑ “Meijin-sen - the crisis has passed” (A. Lysenko)
- ↑ Russia: Stalin Laughs! (English) // TIME : Magazine. - NY: Time Inc. December 1, 1930.