Asahi Shinbun
See also: Asahi, Shinbun
Asahi Shinbun (朝日新聞, Asahi Shinbun , Newspaper of Sun-Raising ) is one of the national famous daily newspapers Japanese. With a pulling of eight million specimens, it is the second newspaper more read in the world after another Japanese daily newspaper, the Yomiuri Shinbun. All in all, Asahi Shinbun is distinguished from its competitors by its standpoint closer to the left and its in-depth analyzes of the company and the political life Japanese women.
The newspaper of press group Asahi Shimbun Company.
Leading line
The political orientation of the newspaper is more left than that of its national competitors Yomiuri Shinbun, Sankei Shinbun or Mainichi Shinbun, and the newspaper had been even favorable to the Communist bloc during the time of the Cold war.Clearly pacifist since the end of the Second world war, the newspaper is a true reference for any Japanese journalist and any intellectual.
In 2001, the newspaper was combined with the International Herald Tribune to publish an English " edition; International Herald Platform/The Asahi Shimbun " who replaces the old anglophone edition of the newspaper Asahi Evening News .
The leading heading Tensei Jingo (天声人語, “ Vox populi, Vox Dei ” in Latin, “ the voice of the people is that of God ” in French) is daily with the one and analyzes facts of topicality or social.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1879 with Ōsaka. It is then a popular newspaper defending the democracy. It is submitted then the militarist government and to Japanese saber-rattler of the years 1930 and 1940.
See too
Internal bonds
- List of the Japanese newspapers
External bonds
- Site of the Japanese newspaper
- Site of the English newspaper
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