Yomiuri Shimbun

Japanese newspaper
Organization daily_newspaper Q645218
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Yomiuri Shimbun

Summary

Yomiuri Shimbun is a daily newspaper[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of daily_newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yomiuri Shimbun is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's image is recorded as The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings new head office.JPG[4].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's instance of is recorded as daily newspaper[5].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's founder is recorded as Matsutarō Shōriki[6].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's publisher is recorded as Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo[7].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's publisher is recorded as The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka[8].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's publisher is recorded as The Yomiuri Shimbun, Seibu[9].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's logo image is recorded as Yomiuri-Shimbun-Logo.svg[10].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's logo image is recorded as The Yomiuri Shimbun logo color.svg[11].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo[12].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's headquarters location is recorded as Osaka[13].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's headquarters location is recorded as Fukuoka[14].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 181776483[15].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's GND ID is recorded as 4268419-5[16].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr96009896[17].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13335948d[18].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00643668[19].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's Commons category is recorded as Yomiuri Shimbun[20].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[21].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's language of work or name is recorded as English[22].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's industry is recorded as mass media[23].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's country of origin is recorded as Japan[24].
  • +1874-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yomiuri Shimbun[25].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01m0m7[26].
  • Yomiuri Shimbun's parent organization or unit is recorded as The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings[27].

Body

Founding

Yomiuri Shimbun's founder is recorded as Matsutarō Shōriki[6]. +1874-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[25].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Tokyo[12], a metropolitan prefecture[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1868[30], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building[31]; Osaka[13], a city designated by government ordinance[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1889[34], headquartered in Kita-ku[35]; and Fukuoka[14], a city designated by government ordinance[36], in Japan[37], founded in 1889[38]. Yomiuri Shimbun's parent organization or unit is recorded as The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings[27].

Industry

Yomiuri Shimbun's industry is recorded as mass media[23].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Yomiuri Shimbun include Yomiuri Prize[39], a literary award[40], in Japan[41], founded in 1949[42].

Why It Matters

Yomiuri Shimbun ranks in the top 8% of daily_newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include Yomiuri Prize[39], a literary award[40], in Japan[41], founded in 1949[42].

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  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  1. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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