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The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.〔(Yomiuri printing factories (印刷工場) )〕 It is part of the Yomiuri Group, Japan's largest media conglomerate.〔(Overview of Yomiuri Group Power )〕 It is one of the five national newspapers in Japan; the other four are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', ''Nihon Keizai Shimbun'', and the ''Sankei Shimbun''. The headquarters is in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.〔"(組織体制 )." Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 5 March 2010.〕 Founded in 1874, the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world,〔World Association of Newspapers: ''(World’s 100 Largest Newspapers )'', 2005〕 having a combined morning and evening circulation of 14,323,781 through January 2002. In 2010, the daily was the number one in the list of the world's biggest selling newspapers with a circulation of 10,021,000. As of mid-year 2011, it still had a combined morning-evening circulation of almost 13.5 million for its national edition.〔(newspaper circulation section for advertisers )〕 The paper is printed twice a day and in several different local editions. ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' established the Yomiuri Prize in 1948. Its winners have included Yukio Mishima and Haruki Murakami. ==History== The ''Yomiuri'' was launched in 1874 by the Nisshusha newspaper company as a small daily newspaper. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s the paper came to be known as a literary arts publication with its regular inclusion of work by writers such as Ozaki Kōyō. In 1924, Shoriki Matsutaro took over management of the company. His innovations included improved news coverage, a full-page radio program guide, and the establishment of Japan's first professional baseball team (now known as the Yomiuri Giants). The emphasis of the paper shifted to broad news coverage aimed at readers in the Tokyo area. By 1941 it had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the Tokyo area. In 1942, under wartime conditions, it merged with the ''Hochi Shimbun'' and became known as the ''Yomiuri-Hochi''. The ''Yomiuri'' was the center of a labor scandal in 1945 and 1946. In October, 1945, a postwar "democratization group" called for the removal of Shoriki Matsutaro, who had supported Imperial Japan's policies during World War II. When Shoriki responded by firing five of the leading figures of this group, the writers and editors performed the first "production control" strike on October 27, 1945. This method of striking became an important union tactic in the coal, railroad, and other industries during the postwar period. The ''Yomiuri'' employees continued to produce the paper without heeding executive orders until a police raid on June 21, 1946. In February 2009, tie-up with ''The Wall Street Journal'' (WSJ) for edit, printing and distribution, then from March the major news headlines of the WSJ's Asian edition are summarized in the evening edition in Japanese. It features the Jinsei Annai advice column. The ''Yomiuri'' has a history of promoting nuclear power within Japan. During the 1950s Matsutaro Shoriki, the head of the ''Yomiuri'', agreed to use his newspaper to promote nuclear power in Japan for the CIA. In May 2011, when the then Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan requested Chubu Electric Power Company to shut down several of its Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plants due to safety concerns, the ''Yomiuri'' responded with criticism, calling the move "abrupt" and a difficult situation for Chubu Electric's shareholders. It wrote Kan "should seriously reflect on the way he made his request." It then followed up with an article wondering about how dangerous Hamaoka really was and called Kan's request "a political judgment that went beyond technological worthiness." The next day damage to the pipes inside the condenser was discovered at one of the plants following a leak of seawater into the reactor.〔()〕 In 2012, the paper reported that agricultural minister Nobutaka Tsutsui had divulged secret information to a Chinese agricultural enterprise. Tsutsui sued ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' for libel, and was awarded 3.3 million yen in damages in 2015 on the basis that the truth of the allegations could not be confirmed. In November 2014 the newspaper became controversial.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Japan paper Yomiuri Shimbun retracts 'sex slaves' references )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Japan Yomiuri Shimbun Apology Sex Slaves )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yomiuri Shimbun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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