Online dictionary of politics and media in Japan: Asahi

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Asahi shinbun

朝日新聞朝日新聞社
alternative words: Asahishinbun, Asahi shimbun, Asahishimbun, Asahi, Asahi newspaper
keywords: newspaper
related web sites: http://www.asahi.com
explanation: One of Japanese oldest and largest newspapers with 8 million copies. Founded in 1879 by Murayama Ryuhei in Osaka as a small illustrated paper and continued to grow by concentrating on the information rather than opinions. Tokyo branch was founded in 1888 by purchasing Mezamashi shinbun. It was attacked by rebellion during February 26th incident in 1936 due to its liberal opinion. Asahi owns Shukan Asahi (weekly Asahi), Asahi evening news (English version) and TV Asahi.