Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞), which translates to "Morning Sun Newspaper," is one of Japan's five major national newspapers. As of June 2010, it had a morning edition circulation of 7.96 million and an evening edition circulation of 3.1 million, making it the second-largest in circulation after the Yomiuri Shimbun. The newspaper's main office is located in Osaka. Under the leadership of CEO Shin-ichi Hakojima, the Asahi Shimbun partnered with the International Herald Tribune to produce an English-language publication called the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun, which ran from April 2001 to February 2011. This publication replaced the earlier Asahi Evening News. In 2010, the collaboration ended due to financial challenges, and the Asahi Shimbun now offers the Asia & Japan Watch online platform for English-speaking audiences. Additionally, the Tribune, now referred to as The International New York Times, collaborates with Asahi on Aera English, a magazine designed for English language learners.

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#928

Japan

#105

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#11

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Asahi guidelines to check veracity of social media posts in elections

1 week ago | asahi.com | Yoshiaki Kasuga

The Asahi Shimbun has established new election coverage guidelines and will set up a section for fact-checking, including information posted on social media, during campaigns. The basic guidelines incorporate readers’ views that they have not received information needed to make informed decisions on election day. We have revised the guidelines to more clearly state our intention to aggressively provide information that voters need.
Scientists: Babies conceived in cold spell less likely to become obese | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

3 weeks ago | asahi.com | Kenji Tamura

Children conceived during the colder months of the year are less likely to become overweight than their siblings who are conceived in warmer weather, according to researchers. Their findings indicate that higher temperatures stemming from climate change may, conversely, contribute to an increase in the number of individuals vulnerable to obesity.
Japanese suppliers face shrinking role in making iPhones

4 weeks ago | asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi

U.S. President Donald Trump is vigorously seeking to restore America's manufacturing might through ratcheting up unprecedented steep tariffs on imports from nations around the world. But the anatomy of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, which is composed of countless parts and components made across the globe, reveals the complicated nature of today’s manufacturing process that could thwart Trump’s objective.
Survey: 44% of Japanese have experienced ‘food security crisis’

1 month ago | asahi.com | Keisuke Katori |Kyushu were

Nearly 44 percent of people in Japan have lost weight or gone an entire day without eating because they could not afford to buy food, a university survey showed. The survey, conducted by the Institute of Science Tokyo, placed such people who do not eat enough food to maintain their health into the “food security crisis group,” and this category has expanded because of rising food prices. The survey combined a series of online polls on a total of 10,000 people nationwide in February.
100 varieties of roses in full bloom at Kyu-Furukawa park | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

1 month ago | asahi.com

Spring roses are now in full bloom at Kyu-Furukawa Gardens park, which is famed for its stone Western-style building, in Tokyo's Kita Ward.
Radwimps drummer builds voice-operated kit for comeback

1 month ago | asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi

SAN FRANCISCO—Pushed by a strict but empathetic professor, the drummer of popular rock band Radwimps plans to restart his musical career that was derailed by a neurological disease. Satoshi Yamaguchi, 40, has been on hiatus from the group since 2015 after developing dystonia, which caused involuntary muscular contractions in his right foot and made it impossible for him to properly step on the pedal for his bass drum.
Mazda to seek early retirement volunteers as industry shifts

2 months ago | asahi.com | Satoshi Seii

Mazda Motor Corp. will solicit 500 employees to voluntarily retire early, encouraging older workers to find new careers as the industry shifts to electric and self-driving vehicles. The program, which runs through the end of next year, will cover employees between ages 50 and 61 who have been with Mazda for five years or more, the automaker said April 22. It will exclude technical personnel at factories.
‘Social prescribing’ of community ties gains traction | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

2 months ago | asahi.com

TOYOOKA, Hyogo Prefecture—Health care experts around Japan are increasingly prescribing “community ties” instead of medicine to improve the health and well-being of residents.
Retiree delivers promising news to impoverished Vietnamese

Mar 21, 2025 | asahi.com | Yoshihiro Makino

Hiroshi Hikawa is affectionately known as “Father” by more than 3,000 needy Vietnamese students who have come to Japan to study Japanese and pursue higher education through a newspaper scholarship program. Hikawa, 77, understands the challenges these students face. After graduating from evening high school in Hokkaido, he moved to Tokyo and supported himself by delivering newspapers through a similar scholarship program while attending university.
Kids and critics fall for ‘Seaside Serendipity’ at Berlin film fest

Mar 18, 2025 | asahi.com | Atsushi Ohara

BERLIN—Director Satoko Yokohama’s artistic, dreamlike children’s film “Umibe e Iku Michi” (Seaside Serendipity”) received a Special Mention prize at the recent 75th Berlin International Film Festival. Her film was selected for recognition in the festival’s “Generation KPlus” category, which features movies for and about children, on Feb. 22. Moreover, it captured the attention of the toughest critics of all—a large audience of young viewers—despite its unusual 2-hour-and-20-minute running time.