The is a Japanese local daily

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based in Hiroshima. It serves the

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of Japan with a market share in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi,

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, Okayama and

Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hiro ...

s. The newspaper publishes morning and evening editions. The morning paper has a daily circulation of 515,807.

History

''The Daily Chugoku'' was established on May 5, 1892, in Hiroshima and was founded by its editor, Saburo Yamamoto. In 1908, the newspaper changed its name to ''The Chugoku Shimbun'', which translates to "Middle Country Newspaper" (geographically, Hiroshima is near the center of the Japanese

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). The

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on August 6, 1945, killed 113 newspaper employees, and destroyed the building and equipment. The newspaper restarted publishing on August 9 by asking other newspapers for help.

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* 1892 establishments in Japan Newspapers established in 1892 Japanese-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Japan Mass media in Hiroshima Companies based in Hiroshima Prefecture {{Asia-newspaper-stub