Yomiuri Shimbun

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The Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞) is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. Founded in 1874, it is the world's largest newspaper, circulating well over 10 million copies daily. The Guinness Book of World Records credits the Yomiuri with the largest newspaper circulation in the world, having a combined morning and evening circulation of 14,323,781 throughout January 2002. The paper is printed twice a day and in several different local editions. Among Japan's three biggest dailies, it has the most rightist/nationalist editorial position.

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Japan - Newspaper - Tokyo - Osaka - Fukuoka - 1874 - Guinness Book of World Records - 2002 - Rightist - Nationalist

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Yomiuri also publishes The Daily Yomiuri, Japan's largest English-language newspaper. As a supplement to the daily edition, a weekly newsmagazine – The Yomiuri Weekly – is circulated. It also publishes the daily Hochi Shimbun, a sport-specified daily newspaper, as well as weekly and monthly magazines and books.

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English-language - Hochi Shimbun - Sport - Magazine - Book

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The Yomiuri Shimbun is also known as the de facto financial patron of the baseball team Yomiuri Giants and the soccer team Tokyo Verdy 1969.

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De facto - Baseball - Yomiuri Giants - Soccer - Tokyo Verdy 1969

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See also: Japanese media

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