In Japan, what are Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun?
Yomiuri Shimbun The Yomiuri Group conglomerate comprises many entities, including: Yomiuri Shimbun The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is part of the Yomiuri Group, Japan's largest media conglomerate. It is one of the five national newspapers in Japan; the other four are the "Asahi Shimbun", the "Mainichi Shimbun", "Nihon Keizai Shimbun", and the "Sankei Shimbun". The headquarters is in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Founded in 1874, the "Yomiuri Shimbun" is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world, having a combined morning and evening circulation of 14,323,781 through January 2002. In
Asahi Shimbun was one of the Mitsui managers, and Murayama, the "Asahi" began its steady ascent to national prominence. On 10 July 1888, the first issue of the "Tokyo Asahi Shimbun" was published from the Tokyo office at Motosukiyachō, Kyōbashi. The first issue was numbered No. 1,076 as it was a continuation of three small papers: "Jiyū no Tomoshibi", "Tomoshibi Shimbun" and "Mesamashi Shimbun". On 1 April 1907, the renowned writer Natsume Sōseki, then 41, resigned his teaching positions at Tokyo Imperial University, now Tokyo University, to join the "Tokyo Asahi Shimbun". This was soon after the publication of his novels "Wagahai