Tokyo Shimbun

The Tokyo Shimbun

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Blanket (54.6 cm × 40.65 cm)
Owner(s)	Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.
Publisher	Uichirō Ohshima
Founded	September 25, 1884
Political alignment	Centre-left to left-wing[1] Progressivism Social liberalism Social democracy Environmentalism
Language	Japanese
Headquarters	Tokyo
Circulation	Morning edition: 407,777 Evening edition: 133,708 (ABC Japan, average for June 2021)
Website	www.tokyo-np.co.jp

The Tokyo Shimbun (東京新聞, Tōkyō Shinbun, lit. 'Tokyo Newspaper') is a Japanese newspaper published by The Chunichi Shimbun Company. The group publishes newspapers under the brand name of The Tokyo Shimbun in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and under The Chunichi Shimbun in the Nagoya Metropolitan Area. The group's combined daily morning circulation is 2.3 million. As of July 2021, according to the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, the average daily circulation of The Tokyo Shimbun's morning edition was 407,777 and its evening edition sold 133,708 copies daily.^[2]

The Chunichi Shimbun Company's headquarters is in Nagoya, Japan. Its total workforce number is 2,783. The Tokyo Shimbun newspaper is also the owner of the Chunichi Dragons, a professional Japanese baseball team.