The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun is a Japanese daily newspaper founded in 1879. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record... Wikipedia

• Type:  Daily newspaper, Company type: Private
• Format:  Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
• Owner(s):  Repurchased shares (25%), Murayama family (21.02%, 10% through the KOSETSU Museum of Art), Ueno family (total 14.22% by Shōichi Ueno's death in 2016), TV Asahi (11.88%), Toppan (7.31%), Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdcorp (2.31%)
• Founder(s):  Murayama Ryōhei, Ueno Riichi
• Headquarters:  Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
• Country:  Japan
• Circulation:  Morning edition: 3,264,440, Evening edition 892,295 (January-June 2025)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo