French version
Asahi shinbun朝日新聞 朝日新聞社alternative words: Asahishinbun, Asahi shimbun, Asahishimbun, Asahi, Asahi newspaper keywords: newspaper related web sites: http://www.asahi.com explanation: One of Japanese oldest and largest newspapers with 8 million copies. Founded in 1879 by Murayama Ryuhei in Osaka as a small illustrated paper and continued to grow by concentrating on the information rather than opinions. Tokyo branch was founded in 1888 by purchasing Mezamashi shinbun. It was attacked by rebellion during February 26th incident in 1936 due to its liberal opinion. Asahi owns Shukan Asahi (weekly Asahi), Asahi evening news (English version) and TV Asahi. | |