Asahi Shimbun

Asahi Shimbun is a daily newspaper in Tokyo, Japan covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

Asahi Shimbun is one of Japan's five "national newspapers," along with Sankei Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun. In 1994, the French newspaper Le Monde ranked Asahi Shimbun as one of the 8 best daily newspapers in the world. The others were The New York Times (United States), Financial Times (United Kingdom), Izvestia (Russia), People's Daily (China), Al Ahram (Egypt), El Espectador (Colombia) and Times of India.

With daily circulation of 8,054,000, Asahi Shimbun is one of the largest circulation newspapers in the world. Learn more at Mondo Newspapers, the worldwide newspaper directory.

This newspaper is owned by Asahi Shimbun Group.

The web site is presented in the English and Japanese languages.

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