Kahoku Shimpō Explained

Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Owners:-->
Publisher:Kahoku Shimpo Corporation
Political:Liberal
Language:Japanese
Headquarters:Sendai
Publishing Country:Japan

is a daily newspaper which is published in Sendai, Japan. The paper has been in circulation since 1897.

History and profile

Kahoku Shimpō was established in 1897. It is a local paper based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.[1] [2] The publisher is the Kahoku Shimpo Corporation.[3] As of 2014 Hideya Terashima was the editor of the daily[4] which is published in broadsheet format.

Kahoku Shimpō significantly contributed to the establishment of Tohoku Imperial University in 1907 through its articles on the importance of university education in the region.[1] From October 1945 to January 1947 the paper published Dazai Osamu's novel entitled Pandora no hako (Japanese: Pandora's Box) in sixty-four parts.[5]

Following the 2011 earthquake the editing system of Kahoku Shimpō collapsed and story texts were sent to the Niigata Nippo newspaper.[6]

The 1997 circulation of Kahoku Shimpō which has a liberal political leaning was about 500,000 copies.[1] In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 624,000 copies.[7] The morning edition of the paper had a circulation of 504,911 copies in 2007.[8] The same year the circulation of its evening edition was 107,552 copies.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Anthony S. Rausch. Japan's Local Newspapers: Chihōshi and Revitalization Journalism. 2012. Routledge. 978-1-136-30189-6. 68. Abingdon; New York.
  2. Web site: Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake. Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies. 18 January 2014. 18 October 2011.
  3. Web site: The Great East Japan Earthquake and The Indian Ocean Tsunami. 18 January 2014. Press release. JICA. 19 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Standing in the wake of devastation. Tedx Tohoku. 18 January 2014. Hideya Terashima. 19 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219133704/http://tedxtohoku.com/en/interviews-hideya-terashima/.
  5. Book: Jonathan E. Abel. Redacted: The Archives of Censorship in Transwar Japan. 2012. University of California Press. 978-0-520-27334-4. 203. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA.
  6. News: Japanese Newspapers' Efforts to Keep People Informed in the Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami. International Press Institute. 18 March 2011. 18 January 2014. Christina Hsu. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201174958/http://www.freemedia.at/archives/singleview/article/japanese-newspapers-efforts-to-keep-people-informed-in-the-aftermath-of-earthquake-and-tsunami.html. 1 February 2014. dead.
  7. Web site: World Press Trends. World Association of Newspapers. 8 February 2015. Paris. 2004.
  8. Web site: Japan -- Media Environment Open; State Looms Large. Open Source Center. 8 February 2015. 18 August 2009.

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