Sankei Shimbun
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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[12] in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd, ranking amongst the top 5 most circulated newspapers in Japan.[13]
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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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) |
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Language | Japanese |
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Together with its English-language paper Japan Forward, the Sankei Shimbun has been described as having a far-right[14][15][16][17] or right-wing[18] political stance. It has previously published books denying the atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.[19]