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The "Sankei Shimbun" was created by the merger of two older newspapers: "Jiji News" and "Nihon Kogyō Shimbun". "Jiji News" was founded in 1882 by author, translator, and journalist Fukuzawa Yukichi, who also founded Keio University. "Nihon Kogyō Shimbun", founded in 1933 by Hisakichi Maeda, specialized in business and was published by the "Minami-OSAKA Shimbun" (the " South Osaka Evening newspaper"). In 1941 "Osaka Shimbun" (renamed from "Minami-Osaka Shimbun") merged with Osaka Jiji shimpō (Jiji-shimpō Osaka edition). The following year, Nihon Kogyō Shimbun merged with other business newspapers in Western Japan, and changed its name to the Sangyō Keizai Shimbun (or the Sankei). In 1955 the "Sankei" merged with "Jiji shimpō." In 1959, the "Sankei" and "Jiji shimpō" were placed under the Sankei Shimbun masthead.