Mainichi Shimbun
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The is one of the largest newspapers in Japan, published by .
The newspaper was formed by the merger of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, both of which were founded in the Meiji period. The merger occurred in 1911 but the two companies continued to print their newspapers independently until 1943, when both editions were placed under a Mainichi Shimbun masthead.
In 1966 the Tokyo office was moved from Yurakucho to Takebashi, and in 1992 the Osaka office was moved from Dojima to Nishi-Umeda.
In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun, which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language Web version of the defunct Mainichi Daily News, and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, Sunday Mainichi.
Like other Japanese newspaper companies, Mainichi hosts many cultural events such as art exhibitions and sporting events. Among them, the most famous are the Sembatsu high school baseball tournament held every spring at Koshien Stadium, and the non-professional baseball tournament held every summer in the Tokyo Dome (formerly held in Korakuen Stadium).
Offices
- , corporate headquarters
- 1-1-1, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
See also
External links
- [MSN-Mainichi Interactive], News in Japanese
- [MSN-Mainichi Daily News], News in English
- [Corporate], Corporate information in English
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