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''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of
Nikkei, Inc.
Nikkei, Inc. is a Japanese media company which owns ''The Nikkei'' and the ''Financial Times''. Its first publication was in 1876 with the publication of ''The Chugai Bukka Shimpo (Domestic and Foreign Prices News)''. In 1946, the company name wa ...
(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.
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. The paper changed its name to the ''Nihon Keizai Shimbun'' in 1946.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.” '' The New York Times'' reporter Hiroko Tabuchi said the Nikkei's purchase of the FT “Worrying", further stating that " heNikkei 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.”
Hong Kong
On August 10, 2020, three Hong Kong Police Force officers visited the Hong Kong branch of ''The Nikkei'' with a court order. The reason being investigations over an advert placed in ''The Nikkei'' a year prior calling for international support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.See also
* Democratic Party for the People * Japan Business Federation * Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) *List of newspapers in Japan
The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country.
Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.)
Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: '' ...
* Media of Japan
* Nippon Ishin no Kai
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikkei 1876 establishments in Japan Business in Japan Business newspapers Centre-right newspapers Conservative media in Japan Daily newspapers published in Japan Neoliberalism Newspaper companies of Japan Newspapers published in Tokyo Publications established in 1876 Publications established in 1950