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Japanese language is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been ma ...

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newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

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Shizuoka Broadcasting System Shizuoka Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS, 静岡放送株式会社) is a Japanese broadcaster in Shizuoka. Its radio station is affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN) and National Radio Network (NRN), and its TV station is affiliated with ...

(SBS) group. The newspaper was founded on December 1, 1941 by the merger of the with the , , , and the . The first color edition was printed in 1961. From May 10, 1964, the Sunday and holiday evening editions were discontinued. From April 2011, the Saturday evening edition was discontinued.

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''Shizuoka Shimbun'' (Japanese)ShizuokaOnline.com (Japanese)
1941 establishments in Japan Publications established in 1941 Japanese-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Japan Mass media in Shizuoka (city) {{Asia-newspaper-stub