# 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.

## National papers
### Big six

* Yomiuri Shimbun (daily) 5,856,320
* The Asahi Shimbun (daily) 3,391,003
* Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun (daily) about2,100,000
* 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
** 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 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
* Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 2,100,000
* Nikkan Geadai: left (tabloid) 1,680,000 (Nominal)
* Mainichi: liberal/left (high quality paper) 1,490,000
* Tokyo Sports: (sports) 1,390,000 (Nominal)
* Nihon Keizai: business, conservative (high quality paper) 1,370,000
* Nikkan Sports: 1,350,000
* Houchi Shimbun: (sports) 1,350,000
* Sankei Sports: 1,230,000
* Yukan Fuji: right (tabloid) 1,050,000
* Akahata (Red Flag):Japanese Communist Party bulletin 900,000
* Sankei: right (high quality paper) 840,000
* Chunichi Sports/Tokyo Chunichi Sports: 800,000
* Hokkaido Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 750,000
* Daily Sports: 640,000
* Shizuoka Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 498,000
* Chugoku Shimbun: left (high quality paper) 487,000