Kahoku Shimpō

Kahoku Shimpō (河北新報) is a Japanese language daily newspaper which is published in Sendai, Japan.

Kahoku Shimpō
The head office of Kahoku Shimpō
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherKahoku Shimpo Corporation
EditorHideya Terashima
Founded1897 (1897)
Political alignmentLiberal
LanguageJapanese
HeadquartersSendai
Websitewww.kahoku.co.jp

History and profile

Kahoku Shimpō was established in 1897.[1] It is a local paper based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.[1][2] The publisher is the Kahoku Shimpo Corporation.[3] Origin is "Shirakawa Ihoku Hitoyama Hyakumon"(lit. "Value of north of Shirakawa are dime a dozen"). Hideya Terashima is the editor of the daily[4] which is published in broadsheet format.[5]

Kahoku Shimpō significantly contributed the establishment of Tohoku Imperial University in 1907 through its articles on the importance of university education in the region.[1] From October 1945 to January 1947 the paper published Dazai Osamu's novel entitled Pandora no hako (meaning Pandora's Box in English) in sixty-four parts.[6]

Following the 2011 earthquake the editing system of Kahoku Shimpō collapsed and story texts were sent to the Niigata Nippo newspaper.[7]

The 1997 circulation of Kahoku Shimpō which has a liberal political leaning was about 500,000 copies.[1] In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 624,000 copies.[5] The morning edition of the paper had a circulation of 504,911 copies in 2007.[8] The same year the circulation of its evening edition was 107,552 copies.[8]

References
  1. Anthony S. Rausch (31 May 2012). Japan's Local Newspapers: Chihōshi and Revitalization Journalism. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 1-136-30189-5. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. "Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake". Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. "The Great East Japan Earthquake and The Indian Ocean Tsunami" (Press release). JICA. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. Hideya Terashima. "Standing in the wake of devastation". Tedx Tohoku. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  5. "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. Jonathan E. Abel (18 August 2012). Redacted: The Archives of Censorship in Transwar Japan. University of California Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-520-27334-4. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  7. Christina Hsu (18 March 2011). "Japanese Newspapers' Efforts to Keep People Informed in the Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami". International Press Institute. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  8. "Japan -- Media Environment Open; State Looms Large" (PDF). Open Source Center. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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