Japanese media

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The Japanese media include the entire range of modern communication media such as newspapers, radio, television and the Internet. The four major Japanese newspapers have by far the highest circulation figures in the world.

The topography of the country in Japan is difficult for the media transmitted by radio (radio, terrestrial television, mobile telephony ) : While transmission in the large plains ( Kantō and Kansai area ) is relatively problem-free, the supply of mountain regions is 70% of the time Land area, and the multitude of small surrounding islands a challenge. The bureaucratic regulations are very extensive for broadcasters.

radio

Nationwide there are around 90 radio stations in the VHF range and over 200 in the medium wave range . Around 850 smaller stations serve to supply remote areas.

The Japanese medium wave range is, as is customary internationally, on a band from 530 to 1600 kHz, the VHF range, however, deviating from this, between 76 and 90 MHz, so that devices from abroad cannot be used.

Since Japan has a very small population of non-Japanese native speakers, almost all radio stations broadcast in Japanese. However, the American Forces Network can be received near US military bases .

Medium wave transmitter
  1. NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2
  2. Japan Radio Network (JRN) - main broadcaster: TBS radio (TBS ラ ジ オ)
  3. National Radio Network (NRN) - main broadcaster: Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (文化 放送) and Nippon Broadcasting System (ニ ッ ポ ン 放送)
FM transmitter
  1. NHK-FM
  2. Japan FM Network (JFN) - Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., ltd.
  3. Japan FM League- J-Wave Inc.
  4. Mega net — FM Interwave (Inter-FM)

watch TV

Main article : Television in Japan

Newspapers

In 2004 Japan was the third largest newspaper market in the world after the PRC and India , with 70.4 million copies sold. In terms of the number of copies sold per inhabitant, it took second place after Norway with 644 per 1000 .

All of Japan's major daily newspapers are each economically linked to a television station, although radio, TV and newspaper companies cannot be in one person's hands. Over 90% of newspapers are delivered to your home.

The five major Japanese daily newspapers are (in order of circulation):

  1. Yomiuri Shimbun (読 売 新聞, founded in 1874 ). With around 10 million copies every day (morning and evening editions combined), Yomiuri is the world's largest newspaper. The orientation is rather conservative. Offshoots of the Yomiuri are the English-language The Daily Yomiuri (circulation: 44,000) and the Yomiuri Weekly . The television station belonging to the Yomiuri is Nippon Television .
  2. Asahi Shimbun (朝日 新聞, founded in 1879 , edition: 8.2 million) The Asahi is left-liberal. In cooperation with the International Herald Tribune , Asahi also produces an English-language edition. TV Asahi also belongs to the Asahi group .
  3. Mainichi Shimbun (毎 日 新聞, founded in 1872 as Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun , edition: 4 million) The Mainichi is liberal. The associated television station is TBS .
  4. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本 経 済 新聞, founded in 1876 as Chūgai Bukka Shimbō, circulation: 3 million). Business newspaper, politically neutral to conservative. The associated channels are TV Tokyo and TV Osaka . The Nihon Keizai Shimbun also publishes the Nikkei index .
  5. The two allied regional newspapers Tōkyō Shimbun (東京 新聞, Kantō region ) and Chūnichi Shimbun中 日 新聞 ( Chūbu region ) form the fifth largest newspaper with a combined circulation of 3.5 million.
  6. Sankei Shimbun (産 経 新聞, founded in 1922 as Osaka Shimbun, circulation: 2 million). The Sankei is right-wing conservative and nationalist. The publishing house belongs to the Fuji Sankei Group ( Fuji TV ).

There are also a number of other regional newspapers such as the Nishinippon Shimbun (西 日本 新聞) in Kyushu , the Hokkaido Shimbun (北海道 新聞) in Hokkaidō , Kahoku Shimpō (河北 新 報) in Tōhoku . Other newspapers specializing in business topics such as Nikkan Kōgyō Shimbun also have high circulation. In addition to the English-language editions of the four largest daily newspapers, the Japan Times is also a newspaper that appears exclusively in English.

In 2006 the first OhmyNews started outside of Korea , and it was also the first (mass) medium to travel from there to Japan.

see also: List of Japanese Newspapers

News agencies

  1. Jiji Press (時事 通信)
  2. Kyodo News (共同 通信)

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  1. ↑ World Press Association of Newspapers - http://www.wan-press.org/article7321.html ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wan-press.org
  2. ↑ Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research (ed.): Media AZ . Bonn 2006, pp. 169–170.

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