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{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = Yomiuri Shimbun
| logo               = [[File:Yomiuri-Shimbun-Logo.svg|240px|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_size          = 240px
| image              = Yomiuri-Shimbun-sample-p1.jpg
| caption            = Front page of the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' from July 17, 2006, following the adoption of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695|UN Security Council Resolution 1695]] two days prior
| type               = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format             = Blanket ({{Convert|54.6|x|40.65|cm|in|sp=us}})
| owners             = [[The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings]]
| founded            = {{Start date and age|1874|11|2}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=紙面の変遷、世相を映す |url=https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/media/yomiuri/ayumi/index.html |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=The Yomiuri Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref>
| political_position = {{Nowrap|[[Centre-right politics|Center-right]]<ref>Patrick Finney (2010). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=iwbHBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT383 Remembering the Road to World War Two: International History, National Identity, Collective Memory]''.</ref> to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/12/yomiuri-shimbun-apologizes-on-comfort-women-issue/ |title=Yomiuri Shimbun Apologizes on Comfort Women Issue |date=4 December 2014|access-date=13 July 2020 |work=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]}}</ref>}}<br />[[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in Japan|Japanese]])<ref>{{cite book|editor=Gilbert Rozman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B3M-DhGYtF4C&pg=PA134 |title=U.S. Leadership, History, and Bilateral Relations in Northeast Asia |quote=Conservative ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' also organized a special task force to ... |date=2010 |page=134 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9781139492034 }}</ref><br />[[Moderate conservatism]]<ref>{{cite book|editor=Daniel M. Kliman |title=Fateful Transitions: How Democracies Manage Rising Powers, from the Eve of World War I to China's Ascendance |quote=... observers in Japan identified other obstacles to China's continued economic growth. ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', a moderately conservative newspaper and ...|date=2014 |page=122 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=9780812290295 }}</ref>
| headquarters       = [[Otemachi]], Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
| publishing_country = Japan
| language           = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| circulation        = {{decrease}} 5,773,114 (July–December 2024)<ref name="2020circulation">{{cite web|url=https://adv.yomiuri.co.jp/mediadata/ |script-title=ja:読売新聞のメディアデータ |trans-title=Yomiuri Shimbun Media Data |work=The Yomiuri Shimbun |language=Japanese |date=2020 |access-date=2 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213013227/https://adv.yomiuri.co.jp/mediadata/ |archive-date=13 February 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/}}
}}
[[File:First-Issue-Yomiuri-Shimbun-Front-November-2-1874.png|thumb|right|260px|First issue of ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' on November 2, 1874]]
[[File:The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings new head office.JPG|thumb|Current headquarters of the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' in Tokyo ([[:ja:読売新聞東京本社|読売新聞東京本社]])]]
[[File:Yomiuri shimbun head office.jpg|thumb|right|Former headquarters of the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' in Tokyo, now demolished]]
[[File:Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka headquarters in 201909 002.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Yomiuri Shimbun''{{'s}} [[Osaka]] office]]
[[File:Yomiuriseibu.JPG|thumb|right|The ''Yomiuri Shimbun''{{'s}} [[Fukuoka]] office]]

The {{Nihongo|'''''Yomiuri Shimbun'''''|{{Ruby-ja|讀賣新聞|よみうりしんぶん}}}}<ref>The name is in [[Kyujitai]]. In [[Shinjitai]], it is written as 読売新聞</ref> is a Japanese [[newspaper]] published in [[Tokyo]], [[Osaka]], [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], and other major Japanese cities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/company/print/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831090611/http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/company/print/|url-status=dead|title=Yomiuri printing factories (印刷工場)|archivedate=31 August 2009|accessdate=9 April 2023}}</ref> It is one of the five major [[newspapers in Japan]]; the other four are ''[[The Asahi Shimbun]]'', the ''[[Chunichi Shimbun]]'', the ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'', and the ''[[The Nikkei|Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]''. It is headquartered in [[Ōtemachi|Otemachi]], [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]].<ref>"[http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/company/company/ 組織体制]" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831101405/http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/company/company/ |date=August 31, 2009 }}. ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. Retrieved 5 March 2010.</ref>

It is a newspaper that represents Tokyo and generally has a [[Conservatism|conservative]] orientation. It is one of Japan's leading newspapers, along with the Osaka-based [[Liberalism|liberal]] ([[Third Way]]) ''Asahi Shimbun'' and the Nagoya-based [[Social democracy|social democratic]] ''Chunichi Shimbun''. This newspaper is well known for its [[pro-American]] stance among major Japanese media.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Linus Hagstrom |title=Identity Change and Foreign Policy: Japan and its 'Others' |quote=It is particularly interesting to note that the more left-leaning Asahi Shimbun (333 articles) carried a higher number of articles and headlines than the conservative (but moderate and pro-American) Yomiuri Shimbun, and actually comes ... |date=2015 |page=101 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317394860 }}</ref>

It is published by regional bureaus, all of them subsidiaries of [[#Yomiuri Group|The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings]], Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest media conglomerate by size behind [[Sony]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://adv.yomiuri.co.jp/m-data/english/grouppower/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110191834/http://adv.yomiuri.co.jp/m-data/english/grouppower/index.html|url-status=dead|title=Overview of Yomiuri Group Power|archivedate=10 November 2011|accessdate=9 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=note1>The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings is the largest media conglomerate by revenue in Japan, while Sony is Japan's largest media conglomerate by worldwide media/entertainment revenue.</ref> which is privately held by law and wholly owned by present and former employees and members of the [[Matsutarō Shōriki]] family. The Holdings has been part-owned by the family since Matsutarō Shōriki's purchase of the newspaper in 1924 (currently owning a total of 45.26% stock); despite its control, the family is not involved in its executive operations.

Founded in 1874,<ref>{{cite journal|author=John Horne|title=Sport and the Mass Media in Japan|journal=Sociology of Sport Journal|date=2005|volume=22|url=http://www.humankinetics.com/acucustom/sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/5291.pdf|access-date=30 January 2015|archive-date=20 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020191441/http://www.humankinetics.com/acucustom/sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/5291.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' is credited with having the [[List of newspapers in the world by circulation|largest newspaper circulation in the world]] as of 2019,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bestmediainfo.com/2020/02/dainik-bhaskar-is-world-s-third-largest-circulated-newspaper-with-4-3-mn-copies-wan-ifra/ |title=Dainik Bhaskar is world's third-largest circulated newspaper with 4.3 mn copies: WAN IFRA |date=12 February 2020 |publisher=Best Media Info |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=schell>{{cite news|last=Schell|first=Orville|title=Japan's war guilt revisited|publisher=WAN|date=1 January 2007|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/01/01/opinion/opinion_30022999.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024725/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/01/01/opinion/opinion_30022999.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=31 December 2006}}</ref> having a morning circulation of 5.7 million as of December 2024.<ref name="2020circulation"/> The paper is printed twice a day and in several different local editions.

The ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' established the [[Yomiuri Prize]] in 1949. Its winners have included [[Yukio Mishima]] and [[Haruki Murakami]].

==History==
The ''Yomiuri'' was launched in 1874 by the Nisshusha newspaper company as a small daily newspaper. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s the paper came to be known as a literary arts publication with its regular inclusion of work by writers such as [[Ozaki Kōyō]].

In 1924, [[Matsutarō Shōriki]] took over management of the company. His innovations included improved news coverage, a full-page radio program guide, and the establishment of Japan's first professional baseball team, now known as the [[Yomiuri Giants]]. The emphasis of the paper shifted to broad news coverage aimed at readers in the Tokyo area. By 1941 it had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the Tokyo area. In 1942, under wartime conditions, it merged with the ''Hochi Shimbun'' and became known as the ''Yomiuri-Hochi''.

The ''Yomiuri'' was the center of a labor scandal in 1945 and 1946. In October 1945, a post-war "democratization group" called for Shōriki's removal, as he supported Imperial Japan's policies during World War II. When Shōriki responded by firing five of the leading members of this group, the writers and editors launched the first "[[Production control (industrial relations)|production control]]" strike on 27 October 1945. This method of striking became an important union tactic in the coal, railroad, and other industries during the postwar period. Matsutarō Shōriki was arrested in December 1945 as a [[Class-A war criminal]] and sent to [[Sugamo Prison]]. The ''Yomiuri'''s employees continued to produce the paper without heeding executive orders until a police raid on June 21, 1946.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cohen |first=Theodore |date=1987 |title=Remaking Japan: The American Occupation as New Deal |url=https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_p7m9 |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=The Free Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_p7m9/page/240 240–259] |chapter=Chapter 13: Travail of a Newspaper: The Yomiuri Repels the Reds}}</ref> The charges against Shōriki were dropped and he was released in 1948. According to research by Professor [[Tetsuo Arima]] of [[Waseda University]] on declassified documents stored at [[National Archives and Records Administration|NARA]], he agreed to work with the CIA as an informant.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Nippon Television and CIA" Related Chronology |url=http://www.f.waseda.jp/tarima/NTV%20and%20CIA.htm |accessdate=9 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=有馬哲夫 |title=『日本テレビとCIA-発掘された「正力ファイル」』 |date=2006-02-16 |magazine=週刊新潮}}</ref>

Under the leadership of [[Tsuneo Watanabe]], who served as editor-in-chief from 1991 until his death in 2024, ''Yomiuri'' would gain considerable international prominence.<ref name=watanabe>{{cite news|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/12/71e5f954bbda-urgent-japanese-media-baron-tsuneo-watanabe-dies-at-98.html|title=Japanese media baron Tsuneo Watanabe dies at 98|publisher=Kyodo News|date=19 December 2024|accessdate=19 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=recordcirculation>{{cite news|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02246/watanabe-tsuneo-dies-major-media-figure-helmed-yomiuri-for-three-decades.html|title=Watanabe Tsuneo Dies: Major Media Figure Helmed Yomiuri for Three Decades|publisher=Nippon|date=19 December 2024|accessdate=19 December 2024}}</ref> By 1994, it would have a daily circulation which topped 10 million.<ref name=watanabe /><ref name=recordcirculation /> In addition, it would also hold considerable influence over Japanese politics, with Watanabe even boasting that was Japan's "last dictator."<ref name=watanabe /> In 2010, it would be recognized by Guinness World Records for having the highest daily newspaper circulation in the world, and also as the only newspaper with a morning circulation in excess of 10 million copies.<ref name=watanabeobituary>{{cite news|url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20241219-228805/|title=Yomiuri Editor-In-Chief Watanabe A Lifelong Journalist; Used Newspaper’s Influence To Help Shape Policy|author=The Yomiuri Shimbun|publisher=The Japan Times|date=19 December 2024|accessdate=19 December 2024}}</ref>

In February 2009, the ''Yomiuri'' entered into a tie-up with ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' for editing, printing and distribution. Since March 2009 the major news headlines of the ''Journal'''s Asian edition have been summarized in Japanese in the evening edition of the ''Yomiuri''.

The ''Yomiuri'' features an advice column, [[Jinsei Annai]].

The ''Yomiuri'' has a history of promoting [[nuclear power]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 May 2011|title=Nuclear policy was once sold by Japan's media|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/22/national/media-national/nuclear-policy-was-once-sold-by-japans-media/|access-date=31 December 2012|work=The Japan Times}}</ref> In May 2011, when [[Naoto Kan]], then Prime Minister of Japan, asked the [[Chubu Electric Power Company]] to shut down several of its [[Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant]]s due to safety concerns, the ''Yomiuri'' called the request "abrupt" and a difficult situation for Chubu Electric's shareholders. It wrote that Kan "should seriously reflect on the way he made his request."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/T110510004049.htm |title=Kan's Hamaoka request abrupt, poorly explained|work=The Daily Yomiuri|date=11 May 2011|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref> It then followed up with an article wondering how dangerous Hamaoka really was and called Kan's request "a political judgment that went beyond technological worthiness."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110520004807.htm |title=From Square One / How dangerous is Hamaoka?|work=The Daily Yomiuri|date=21 May 2011|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref> The next day damage to the pipes inside the condenser was discovered at one of the plants following a leak of seawater into the reactor.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 May 2011 |title=Pipes inside condenser found damaged at Hamaoka nuclear plant |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/pipes-inside-condenser-found-damaged-at-hamaoka-nuclear-plant |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110521164158/http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/pipes-inside-condenser-found-damaged-at-hamaoka-nuclear-plant |archive-date=21 May 2011}}</ref>

In 2012, the paper reported that [[Nobutaka Tsutsui]], the Minister for Agriculture, had divulged secret information to a Chinese enterprise. Tsutsui sued the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' for [[libel]] and was awarded 3.3 million yen in damages in 2015, on the basis that the truth of the allegations could not be confirmed.<ref>{{cite news|title=読売新聞に損害賠償命令 元副大臣機密漏洩報道で|url=http://www.nikkei.com/paper/article/?n_cid=kobetsu&ng=DGKKZO88107330W5A610C1CR8000|access-date=16 June 2015|work=Nihon Keizai Shimbun|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

In November 2014, the newspaper apologized after using the phrase "sex slave" to refer to [[comfort women]], following its criticism of the ''Asahi Shimbun''{{'}}s coverage of Japan's World War II comfort women system.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30241569|title=Japan paper Yomiuri Shimbun retracts 'sex slaves' references|work=BBC News|date=28 November 2014|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/29/world/asia/japan-yomiuri-shimbun-apology-sex-slaves.html |title=Japanese Newspaper Prints Apology for Using the Term 'Sex Slaves'|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 November 2014|access-date=8 February 2015|last1=Soble|first1=Jonathan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/yomiuri-japans-biggest-newspaper-apologizes-for-using-term-sex-slaves/2014/11/28/a37fd07d-b983-4990-b2a6-318f6b67d047_story.html |title=Yomiuri, Japan's biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term 'sex slaves'|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref>{{clarify|date=July 2015}}

The ''Yomiuri'' newspaper said in an editorial in 2011 "No written material supporting the claim that government and military authorities were involved in the forcible and systematic recruitment of comfort women has been discovered", and that it regarded the [[Asian Women's Fund]], set up to compensate for wartime abuses, as a failure based on a misunderstanding of history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2011 |title=Failure of Asian Women's Fund |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/T111017004046.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=August 17, 2012 |website=The Japan News |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120172600/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/T111017004046.htm }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on similar statements previously, writing that "The nation's (Japan's) largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, applauded the revisions" regarding removing the word "forcibly" from referring to laborers brought to Japan in the pre-war period and revising the [[comfort women]] controversy.<ref>[[Norimitsu Onishi]]. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/world/asia/06iht-letter.html Japan's reach for future runs up against the past]". ''[[The New York Times]]''. 7 April 2005.</ref> ''Yomiuri'' editorials have also opposed the [[Democratic Party of Japan|DPJ]] government and denounced denuclearization as "not a viable option".<ref>''The Yomiuri Shimbun''. "[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/T120820002753.htm Denuclearization is not a viable option]". 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012</ref>

On 7 August 2025, ''Yomiuri'' filed a lawsuit in Tokyo against the U.S.-based AI firm [[Perplexity AI|Perplexity]], alleging "free-riding" on 120,000 articles for the publication from February to June 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Major Japan newspaper sues 'free-riding' AI firm Perplexity |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/crime-legal/yomiuri-sues-free-riding-ai-firm |access-date=10 September 2025 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |date=8 August 2025 |language=en}}</ref> In September, ''Yomiuri'' apologized for a false report on an [[Newspaper extra|extra]] on 23 July that Prime Minister [[Shigeru Ishiba]] decided to resign on 22 July.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yomiuri Shimbun apologizes for false reports of Japan PM Ishiba's resignation |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250903_14 |access-date=10 September 2025 |work=[[NHK]] |date=September 3, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Other publications and ventures==
Yomiuri also publishes the daily [[English language|English-language]] newspaper ''The Japan News''<ref name="the">{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/aboutus/ |publisher=The Japan News}}</ref> (formerly called ''The Daily Yomiuri''), established in 1955.<ref name="the"/> Besides its news website,<ref name="the"/> ''The Japan News'' also publishes a weekly e-paper.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAQ |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/faq/ |website=The Japan News |quote=How can I access The Japan News weekly ePaper (or weekly edition)?  The Japan News weekly ePaper section can be accessed via a link at the bottom of the website’s top page.}}</ref>

It publishes the daily ''[[Hochi Shimbun]]'', a [[sport]]-specific daily newspaper, as well as weekly and monthly [[magazine]]s and [[book]]s.

Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings owns the [[Chuokoron-Shinsha]] publishing company, which it acquired in 1999, and the [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television]] network. It is a member of the [[Asia News Network]]. The paper is known as the financial patron of the [[baseball]] team [[Yomiuri Giants]]. They also sponsor the [[Japan Fantasy Novel Award]] annually. It has been a sponsor of the [[FIFA Club World Cup]] every time it has been held in Japan since [[2006 FIFA Club World Cup|2006]].

From 1949 through 1963, the newspaper sponsored the [[Yomiuri Indépendant Exhibition]], an unjuried annual art exhibition which gave rise to avant-garde and contemporary rising artists.

==Digital resources==
In November 1999, the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' released a [[CD-ROM]] titled "The Yomiuri Shimbun in the [[Meiji Era]]," which provided searchable archives of news articles and images from the period that have been digitalized from microfilm. This was the first time a newspaper made it possible to search digitalized images of newspaper pictures and articles as they appeared in print.

Subsequent CD-ROMs, "The [[Taishō period|Taishō Era]]", "The [[World War II|pre-war]] Showa Era I", and "The pre-war Showa era II" were completed eight years after the project was first conceived. "Postwar Recovery", the first part of a postwar [[Shōwa Era]] series that includes newspaper stories and images until 1960, is on the way.

The system of indexing each newspaper article and image makes the archives easier to search, and the CD-ROMs have been well received by users as a result. This digital resource is available in most major academic libraries in the United States.

==Locations==
*Tokyo Head Office
:1-7-1, Otemachi, [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]], Japan
*Osaka Head Office
:5-9, Nozakicho, [[Kita-ku, Osaka]], Japan
*West Japan Head Office
:1-16-5, Akasaka, [[Chūō-ku, Fukuoka]], Japan

==Yomiuri Group==
{{Infobox company
| name = The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings
| native_name = 株式会社読売新聞グループ本社
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Yomiuri Shimbun Gurūpu Honsha
| logo = The Yomiuri Shimbun logo color.svg
| logo_caption = 
| logo_alt = 
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]] ([[Kabushiki gaisha]])
| industry = [[Mass media]]
| predecessor = The Yomiuri Shimbun Company
| founded = {{Start date and age|2002|07|01|df=yes}}
| founder = [[Matsutarō Shōriki]] (for the modern ''Yomiuri Shimbun'')
| hq_location = [[Ōtemachi]]
| hq_location_city = [[Tokyo]]
| hq_location_country = [[Japan]]
| area_served = Japan
| key_people = 
| products = 
| owner = {{plainlist|
* Shōriki family (45.26% directly and indirectly)
* [[Employee stock ownership|Employee shares]] (34.32%)
* The Yomiuri Light and Humanity Association (9.79%)}}
| num_employees = 4,223
| num_employees_year = 2024
| subsid = {{plainlist|
* '''5 core companies:'''{{efn|Officially six, when combined with the Holdings itself.}}
** Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters {{small|(incl. Hokkaido, Hokuriku and Chubu branches)}}
** Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka Headquarters
** Yomiuri Shimbun Western Headquarters
** [[Yomiuri Giants]]
** [[Chuokoron-Shinsha]]
* [[Nippon TV|Nippon TV Holdings]]
* [[Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation]]
* [[Yomiuriland]]}}
| website = {{URL|https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/english/|info.yomiuri.co.jp}}
}}{{See also|The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings}}
{{nihongo|'''The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings'''|株式会社読売新聞グループ本社|[[Kabushiki gaisha|KK]] Yomiuri Shimbun Gurūpu Honsha|"Yomiuri Shimbun Group Headquarters"}} conglomerate comprises many entities, including:
*[[Yomiuri Giants]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/YOMIURI_SHIMBUN_E.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607082419/https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/YOMIURI_SHIMBUN_E.pdf|url-status=live|title=The Yomirui Shimbun Corporate Profile|archive-date=7 June 2017|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[Nippon TV]]
*[[Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation]]
*[[Chuokoron-Shinsha|Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc.]]
*[[Yomiuriland]], an amusement park
*Yomiuri Advertising Agency (also known as "Yomiko", later sold to [[Hakuhodo]])

==In popular culture==
* [[Jake Adelstein]]'s 2009 memoir ''[[Tokyo Vice]]'' is based on his time as the first American crime reporter at Yomiuri Shimbun,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hessler |first1=Peter |title=All Due Respect |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/09/all-due-respect |access-date=17 April 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=2 January 2012}}</ref> and was also the basis for [[Tokyo Vice (TV series)|a series of the same name]] airing on [[HBO Max]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClintock |first1=Pamela |title=AFM: Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Japanese Underworld Thriller 'Tokyo Vice' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-daniel-radcliffe-star-japanese-653480 |access-date=17 April 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=5 November 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Tokyo|Companies|Conservatism}}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{cite book | first = William | last = De Lange | title = A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State | publisher = Toyo Press | year=2023 | isbn = 978-94-92722-393 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Yomiuri Shimbun}}
* [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' Online (Japanese)]
* [https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp  The Japan News (English)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029172341/http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Its-Back-The-Original-Guinness-Book-Of-Records-Returns-After-55-Years-Of-Evolution/blog/1339913/7691.html Guinness World Record]: Highest Daily Newspaper Circulation
* [http://www.yomiko.co.jp Yomiuri Advertising Agency (Japanese)]

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