is a

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which is published in Sendai, Japan. The paper has been in circulation since 1897.

History and profile

''Kahoku Shimpō'' was established in 1897. It is a local paper based in Sendai,

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. The publisher is the Kahoku Shimpo Corporation. As of 2014 Hideya Terashima was the editor of the daily which is published in broadsheet format. ''Kahoku Shimpō'' significantly contributed to the establishment of

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in 1907 through its articles on the importance of

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in the region. From October 1945 to January 1947 the paper published

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's novel entitled ''Pandora no hako'' (Japanese: ''Pandora's Box'') in sixty-four parts. Following the 2011 earthquake the editing system of ''Kahoku Shimpō'' collapsed and story texts were sent to the ''Niigata Nippo'' newspaper. The 1997 circulation of ''Kahoku Shimpō'' which has a liberal political leaning was about 500,000 copies. In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 624,000 copies. The morning edition of the paper had a circulation of 504,911 copies in 2007. The same year the circulation of its evening edition was 107,552 copies.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kahoku Shimpo 1897 establishments in Japan Daily newspapers published in Japan Japanese-language newspapers Liberal media in Japan Mass media in Sendai Publications established in 1897