Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞, Asahi Shinbun) is the second most popular newspaper in Japan, behind the Yomiuri Shimbun .

The newspaper calls itself ideologically "liberal and new left", in contrast to other ideological currents exposed by competitors such as the Yomiuri Shimbun (center-conservative), Sankei Shimbun (right-wing conservative) and Mainichi Shimbun (center-left). traditional). However, the traditional Japanese left frequently accuses the newspaper of being conservative, while conservatives accuse it of being left-wing, or it is even accused of supporting the Japanese Communist Party and being communist by sectors of the right. Its support for rapprochement positions with China causes the newspaper to be considered "anti-American and pro-Chinese" by the American press, despite the fact that the newspaper frequently criticizes the communist regimes of China and North Korea.

A pacifist since the end of World War II, the publication has 3,000 journalists, including foreign correspondents.

The newspaper has a partnership with the International Herald Tribune newspaper and publishes the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun as its English version which replaced the previous English version titled Asahi Evening News. It also has another alliance with the official newspaper of the People's Republic of China 人民日报 (Rénmín Ribao, People's Daily).

The column Tensei Jingo (天声人語, "The divine voice is the language of the people", in reference to the Latin phrase Vox Populi, Vox Dei, 'voice of the people, voice of God') has been published daily since 1904, dealing with recent news and social issues. The column is also available as an electronic newsletter (newsletter).

Chronology

• January 25, 1879, publishes its first edition in Osaka with a strip of 3000 copies.
• 1883, it is transformed into the largest newspaper in Japan, with more than 21 000 copies per day.
• July 10, 1888, buys the Tokyo newspaper Mezamashi Shimbun (Waterま. Mezamashi shinbun) and expand its presence to Tokyo by launching the Asahi Shimbun from Tokyo (target 日本語, Tōkyō asahi shinbun).
• 1889, changes the name of the publication in Osaka to Asahi Shimbun of Osaka (teen hundredfolding, Asahi shinbun)
• 1890, the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun increases its production capacity to 30,000 copies. On 2 November, the Asahi Shimbun of Osaka and the Asahi Shimbun of Tokyo are the first to publish the transcript of the declaration of the new imperial constitution.
• May 1, 1904, the Tensei Jingo column is first published. On September 30, he printed his first photograph of the Japanese troops on the battle front in China.
• January 10, 1908, the Asahi Shimbun of Osaka and the Asahi Shimbun of Tokyo are corporately merged as a limited liability company Asahi Shimbun. Asahi shinbun goshigaisha).
• November 17, 1911, Shigeko Takenaka (violation tax) becomes the first female journalist in Asahi Shimbun.
• August 1915, The publication of the evening edition of the Osaka Asahi Shimbun begins.
• 1918, The White Rainbow Scandal reduces the political power of the newspaper.
• January 9, 1923, the offices of the Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo are destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake. In the same year it publishes the false news of a Korean rebellion.
• 1924, over a million copies a day.
• 1929, in commemoration of its 50 years creates the Asahi Prize.
• 25 November 1935, the publication of the newspaper in the west begins with its new offices created in February in Nagoya, covering practically the entire peninsula of Japan with its publication.
• April 10, 1937, the plane of the Asahi Shimbun "Divine Wind" (microbial bread). Kamikaze) sets the world record of a flight between East Asia and Europe with a journey of 94 hours, 17 minutes and 56 seconds.
• September 1, 1940, the name of publications such as the Asahi Shimbun.
• January 1, 1943, the publication of Asahi Shimbun is prohibited after the publication of a trial by Seigo Nakano (中國.) critical to officialism.
• 5 November 1945, the president and the entire board resigns as a way of accepting their responsibilities by distorting the ideological principles of the newspaper during the Second World War.
• 21 November 1947, the newspaper adopts the new kana system (North Division, shin kanazukai).
• 1 October 1951, the publication is resumed in a morning and evening format previously abandoned.
• 1950, publishes an exclusive interview with the leader of the Communist Party of Japan Takashi Ito. Itō Takashi...that so far was unknown. Later it is revealed that it was a fabrication of the journalist.
• 1959, it establishes its offices in Hokkaidō.
• January 1, 1965, the New Year edition sells 5,31 million copies, beating the brand of 5 million for the first time in Japan.
• 18 November 1979, Asahi Shimbun organizes the first female international marathon in Tokyo.
• 1980, moves its Tokyo offices from Chiyoda-ku to Chuo-ku (中,, Chūō ku). Start using the NELSON computerized page editing system.
• May 1987, a series of terrorist attacks in Tokyo, Nagoya and Shizuoka are the victims. The “Red Revenge Squad” (Yes, SekihōtaiThe authorship of the attacks is awarded. The name of the group refers to blood, has no relation to communism, and has origin in a grouping with the same name of the Edo era.
• June 1988, the installation of the NELSON system at Osaka offices was completed, the editing process is 100% computerized in all its offices.
• 1996, moves its offices west of the country from Nagoya to Fukuoka.
• March 2003, replaces the "Dominic Supplement" published every week since 1956 by the "be" supplement (Business abroadEntertainment English, Business and Entertainment).
• April 1, 2005, modernizes its computerized system by replacing the old NELSON system.
• April 3, 2005, rename the Sunday supplement Be a be on Sunday (“business and entertainment on Sunday”) and publishes the new supplement be on Saturday (“business and entertainment on Saturday”). Names are an English word game with Be (verb be).

Offices

• Tokyo Offices

Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

• Osaka offices

Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka