Sankei Shimbun

The Sankei Shimbun
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
Owner(s)	Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. (mostly owned by Fuji Media Holdings)
Publisher	Takamitsu Kumasaka
Founded	March 1, 1882 (as Jiji News); June 20, 1933 (as Nihon Kogyo Shimbun)
Political alignment	Conservatism; Nationalism; Right-wing to far-right;
Language	Japanese
Headquarters	Tokyo; Osaka;
Circulation	Morning edition: 844,000; Evening edition: 212,000; (ABC Japan, In August 2024);
Website	www.sankei.com

The Sankei Shimbun (産経新聞, Sankei Shinbun), name short for Sangyō Keizai Shinbun (産業経済新聞, lit. 'Industrial and Economic News'), is a daily national newspaper^[26] in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd, ranking amongst the top five most circulated newspapers in Japan.^[27] Together with its English-language paper Japan Forward, the Sankei Shimbun has been described as having a conservative, nationalist, right-wing to far-right^[20]^[21]^[22] political stance. It has previously published materials downplaying or denying Japanese war crimes.^[28]

^ Jeff Kingston, ed. (2016). Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan. Routledge. ISBN 9781317234357. ... Likely, the author knows that he can spin whatever version of reality he wants to because his readers don't know better and, as subscribers to the reactionary Sankei Shimbun, are predisposed to dismiss any criticism of Japan or PM Abe ...
^ "Japan's Aso, Chinese officials endorse global trade system". AP News. August 31, 2018. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. The conservative Sankei Shimbun has been critical of China.
^ Junko Fujita (March 13, 2015). "Fuji Media wins bid for Japan hotels over Orix, Morgan Stanley". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. the conservative daily newspaper Sankei Shimbun
^ AFP says "the conservative 'Sankei Shimbun newspaper" https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-pm-abe-attend-olympics-despite-sex-slave-013130699.html Archived May 21, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Tokyo protests Beijing's exclusion of Sankei Shimbun reporter from covering diplomatic meeting". The Japan Times. August 30, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ Harvard University's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies published an analysis of the Japanese media's political spectrum, as part of an analysis of the constitutional reform issue. According to Harvard: "The Sankei Shimbun has generally been recognized as a "conservative" newspaper".
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^ "Nationalism, nuclear power and Japans fragile media opposition". East Asia Forum. October 1, 2014. "But the newspaper world has become polarised into two ideological camps: the pro-nuclear camp led by Yomiuri Shimbun and the right-wing Sankei Shimbun ..."
^ "Court Acquits Journalist Accused of Defaming South Korean President". The New York Times. December 17, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2020. Tatsuya Kato, a former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's right-wing Sankei Shimbun newspaper ...
^ "Summit collapse breaks hearts in South Korea, leaves Moon losing face". The Washington Post. March 1, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020. The right-wing Sankei Shimbun paper argued that Kim's 'top-down strategy' had backfired, leading to the worst crisis for his leadership since he took over in North Korea in 2011.
^ "Japan's government tries to free its soldiers from pacifist shackles". The Economist. February 26, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2020. 'We must respond to America first-ism with Japan first-ism,' says Masato Inui, executive editor of the Sankei Shimbun, a right-wing newspaper.
^ Alexis Dudden, ed. (June 23, 2008). Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States. Columbia University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780231512046.
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^ ^a ^b Curtis, Paula R. (May 30, 2021). "Ramseyer and the Right-Wing Ecosystem Suffocating Japan". Tokyo Review. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Carroll, Myles (2021). The Making of Modern Japan: Power, Crisis, and the Promise of Transformation. Brill Publishers. p. 205. ISBN 978-90-04-46651-7. ... These organic intellectuals also have expression in the mainstream media, most notably the increasingly reactionary and Abe-aligned NHK and the far-right Sankei Shimbun, but also the centre-right Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest ...
^ ^a ^b "Japanese Gov't to Restrict Chemical Material Exports to S. Korea". BusinessKorea. August 1, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Even the Sankei Shimbun, a far-right newspaper, criticized the Japanese government for the possible repercussions of the restrictions.
^ "Japan May Be Moving Right Politically, But Its Communist Party Still Holds Some Sway With Voters". Forbes. October 30, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2020. They are subject to constant surveillance and harassment. Yet, their popularity has not waned. The party's newspaper, Akahata (赤旗), has over 1.12 million readers and one weekly magazine predicts they may eclipse Japan's far right newspaper, Sankei Shimbun in the near future.
^ Kim, Youmi; Ives, Mike (February 26, 2021). "A Harvard Professor Called Wartime Sex Slaves 'Prostitutes'. One Pushed Back". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
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^ "Japan". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
^ "産経新聞 (Sankei Shimbun) · The Economic and Industry · in English". Press Translator. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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[1] Jeff Kingston, ed. (2016). Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan. Routledge. ISBN 9781317234357. ... Likely, the author knows that he can spin whatever version of reality he wants to because his readers don't know better and, as subscribers to the reactionary Sankei Shimbun, are predisposed to dismiss any criticism of Japan or PM Abe ...

[Conservative1-2] "Japan's Aso, Chinese officials endorse global trade system". AP News. August 31, 2018. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. The conservative Sankei Shimbun has been critical of China.

[Conservative2-3] Junko Fujita (March 13, 2015). "Fuji Media wins bid for Japan hotels over Orix, Morgan Stanley". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. the conservative daily newspaper Sankei Shimbun

[Conservative3-4] AFP says "the conservative 'Sankei Shimbun newspaper" https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-pm-abe-attend-olympics-despite-sex-slave-013130699.html Archived May 21, 2021, at the Wayback Machine

[Conservative4-5] "Tokyo protests Beijing's exclusion of Sankei Shimbun reporter from covering diplomatic meeting". The Japan Times. August 30, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

[Conservative5-6] Harvard University's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies published an analysis of the Japanese media's political spectrum, as part of an analysis of the constitutional reform issue. According to Harvard: "The Sankei Shimbun has generally been recognized as a "conservative" newspaper".

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[14] "Nationalism, nuclear power and Japans fragile media opposition". East Asia Forum. October 1, 2014. "But the newspaper world has become polarised into two ideological camps: the pro-nuclear camp led by Yomiuri Shimbun and the right-wing Sankei Shimbun ..."

[15] "Court Acquits Journalist Accused of Defaming South Korean President". The New York Times. December 17, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2020. Tatsuya Kato, a former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's right-wing Sankei Shimbun newspaper ...

[16] "Summit collapse breaks hearts in South Korea, leaves Moon losing face". The Washington Post. March 1, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020. The right-wing Sankei Shimbun paper argued that Kim's 'top-down strategy' had backfired, leading to the worst crisis for his leadership since he took over in North Korea in 2011.

[17] "Japan's government tries to free its soldiers from pacifist shackles". The Economist. February 26, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2020. 'We must respond to America first-ism with Japan first-ism,' says Masato Inui, executive editor of the Sankei Shimbun, a right-wing newspaper.

[18] Alexis Dudden, ed. (June 23, 2008). Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States. Columbia University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780231512046.

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[Curtis-20] Curtis, Paula R. (May 30, 2021). "Ramseyer and the Right-Wing Ecosystem Suffocating Japan". Tokyo Review. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[FarRightSan-21] Carroll, Myles (2021). The Making of Modern Japan: Power, Crisis, and the Promise of Transformation. Brill Publishers. p. 205. ISBN 978-90-04-46651-7. ... These organic intellectuals also have expression in the mainstream media, most notably the increasingly reactionary and Abe-aligned NHK and the far-right Sankei Shimbun, but also the centre-right Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest ...

[:03-22] "Japanese Gov't to Restrict Chemical Material Exports to S. Korea". BusinessKorea. August 1, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Even the Sankei Shimbun, a far-right newspaper, criticized the Japanese government for the possible repercussions of the restrictions.

[:1-23] "Japan May Be Moving Right Politically, But Its Communist Party Still Holds Some Sway With Voters". Forbes. October 30, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2020. They are subject to constant surveillance and harassment. Yet, their popularity has not waned. The party's newspaper, Akahata (赤旗), has over 1.12 million readers and one weekly magazine predicts they may eclipse Japan's far right newspaper, Sankei Shimbun in the near future.

[:Kim-24] Kim, Youmi; Ives, Mike (February 26, 2021). "A Harvard Professor Called Wartime Sex Slaves 'Prostitutes'. One Pushed Back". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

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[27] "Japan". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

[28] "産経新聞 (Sankei Shimbun) · The Economic and Industry · in English". Press Translator. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

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