Sankei Shimbun

The Sankei Shimbun

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
Owner	Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.
Publisher	Nagayoshi Sumita
Founded	June 20, 1933
Language	Japanese
Circulation	Morning edition: 2,191,587 Evening edition: 635,988 (ABC Japan, October 2005)
Official website	sankei.jp.msn.com

Sankei Shimbun (産経新聞), literally "Industrial and Economic Newspaper", is a daily newspaper in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. (株式会社産業経済新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Sangyō Keizai Shinbunsha). It has the sixth highest circulation for a newspaper in Japan, and is considered one of the five "national" newspapers.

On 1 October 2007, Sankei Shimbun's website and MSN Japan started a content partnership, MSN Sankei News.

Corporate profile

Tokyo Sankei Building

Namba Sankei Building

The Sankei Shimbun is part of the Fujisankei Communications Group and is 40% owned by Fuji Media Holdings. The company is also the owner of Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka).

Offices

• Publishing newspapers: Sankei Shimbun, Sankei Sports, Yukan Fuji, Keiba Eight, etc.
• Tokyo Head Office (registered headquarters): Tokyo Sankei Building, 7-2, Otemachi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo
• Osaka Head Office: Namba Sankei Building, 1-57, Minatomachi Nichome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka
  • Umeda Office: Breezé Tower, 4-9, Umeda Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka
  • Western Office (Fukuoka): Sunlight Building, 23-8, Watanabe-dori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

Famous corporate alumni

• Monta Mino - radio and television announcer
• Yoshirō Mori - former prime minister
• Ryōtarō Shiba - author

See also

• Japanese media

External links

• MSN産経ニュース (Japanese), MSN Sankei News, website in MSN Japan.
• 産経関西 (Japanese), Sankei Kansai, Sankei's Kansai edition.
• 産経新聞社 (Japanese), Sankei Shimbun corporate website.