The Nikkei

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun
First issue 'Chugai Bukka Shimpo', 1876
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBlanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)[1]
Owner(s)Nikkei, Inc.
PublisherTsuneo Kita
Founded2 December 1876; 147 years ago (1876-12-02) (as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
Political alignmentCentre-right[2][a]
Neoliberalism[2]
Conservative liberalism
Conservatism[6]
LanguageJapanese and English
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Circulation1,731,000Morning
790,7000 Electronic version[7]
Websitewww.nikkei.com
Nikkei headquarters on the left in Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo

The Nikkei, also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞, lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950.[8]

It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are The Asahi Shimbun, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Mainichi Shimbun.

History

The roots of the Nikkei started with an in-house newspaper department of Mitsui & Company in 1876 when it started publication of Chugai Bukka Shimpo (literally Domestic and Foreign Commodity Price Newspaper), a weekly market-quotation bulletin. The department was spun out as the Shokyosha in 1882. The paper became daily (except Sunday) in 1885 and was renamed Chugai Shōgyō Shimpo in 1889. It was merged with Nikkan Kōgyō and Keizai Jiji and renamed Nihon Sangyō Keizai Shimbun in 1942. Its changed its name to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun in 1946.[9]

Criticism

According to Shusuke Murai and Reiji Yoshida from The Japan Times, critics say the Nikkei is "depending too much on leaks — apparently provided by corporate insiders — and the paper is often seen as reluctant to bluntly criticize Japanese firms."[10] The New York Times reporter Hiroko Tabuchi said the Nikkei's purchase of the FT "Worrying", further stating that "[The] Nikkei is basically a PR machine for Japanese biz; it initially ignored the 2011 Olympus accounting scandal (which FT broke). Nikkei has also hardly covered the Takata airbag defect; almost no investigative work on that issue whatsoever. Nikkei is Japan Inc."[11]

Newspapers including Nihon Keizai Shimbun are displayed at station shops.

Hong Kong

Main article: Next Digital raid and arrests

On August 10, 2020, three Hong Kong Police Force officers visited the Hong Kong branch of The Nikkei with a court order amid investigations over an advertisement placed in the newspaper a year prior calling for international support for the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In Japan, the Nikkei is often seen as being right-leaning and favourable to the right-wing LDP in the Yomiuri and Sankei newspapers, left-liberal and critical of the LDP in the Asahi and Mainichi newspapers, and neutral/centrist in contrast to them in the Nikkei.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "日本経済新聞の印刷サービス - 新聞サイズ・タブロイド判、小部数から承ります。". www.nikkei.co.jp. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved Dec 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Myles Carroll, ed. (2021). The Making of Modern Japan: Power, Crisis, and the Promise of Transformation. BRILL. p. 213. ISBN 9789004466531. Archived from the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23. ... Finally, within the mass media, the centre- right Nihon Keizai Shimbun broadly speaks on behalf of a neoliberal vision for Japan and would be an effective mouthpiece for a neoliberal coalition, given its reputation ...
  3. ^ "池上彰が解説｢今さら聞けない新聞の読み方｣". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 2019-11-15. Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  4. ^ "あのTVや新聞はどっち？政治とメディアの右と左 | テンミニッツTV". 10mtv.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  5. ^ "新聞社・テレビ局の関係図は？考え方の傾向や違いも解説！". 起業ログ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  6. ^ Debra L. Merskin, ed. (2019). The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781483375540. Archived from the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23. ... Sankei, Yomiuri, and The Nikkei are considered conservative, while Mainichi and Asahi are moderate and liberal, respectively. ...
  7. ^ ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) Japan, average for In March 2022
  8. ^ Landers, Peter (July 23, 2015). "5 Things to Know About Nikkei". 5 Things (blog). The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  9. ^ "History: COMPANY". nikkei.co.jp. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Nikkei Inc. Announces it will buy venerable Financial Times in ¥160 billion deal". 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  11. ^ Ken Doctor. "Newsonomics: Eight questions (and answers) about Nikkei's surprise purchase of the FT". Nieman Lab. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved Dec 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "Hong Kong police sift the past to pursue new security law crimes". France 24. 2020-08-28. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

Further reading

Wikiquote has quotations related to The Nikkei.
  • De Lange, William (2023). A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State. Toyo Press. ISBN 978-94-92722-393.

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