These newspaper sites are classified into three groups according to the
availability of English. The first group is national newspapers with excellent
English daily newspapers. The second is those with some English available
at their sites. Generally this consists of explanations about the company
and the area with some news. The third group is that with no English on
their home pages. In each group the sites are listed more or less from
North to South and West to East. Location information is provided as was
available on the web. Some of these newspapers are local. Some are regional.
These are based in cities that are important in their regions. All URLs
provided without language information are in Japanese. URLs that lead to
English pages state English URL. Japan also has a variety of speciality
newspapers ranging from those about business to those about sports. These
are listed at the very end of this page.
deserves special mention as Japan's only English language newspaper which
is independent of Japanese language newspapers. The other English newspapers
available nationally are all owned by a publisher which publishes both
a Japanese paper and an English paper. The Japan Times celebrated its centennial
in 1997. For the most complete English news in Japan visit The Japan Times
(http://www.japantimes.co.jp/).
Asahi Shimbun(www.asahi.com/ )may be Japan's best Japanese Newspaper.
Asahi Shimbun English News (www.asahi.com/english/english.html)offers
some English News.
Asahi Evening News is their English Newspaper. Subscription information
is here (www.asahi.com/information/AENsubscribe.html)
Yomiuri Shimbun (www.yomiuri.co.jp/) is another national daily.
The Daily Yomiuri is their English Newspaper. You can visit the
on-line version http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index.html
Mainichi Shimbun (www.mainichi.co.jp/) is another national daily.
Mainichi Newspapers English News is at (www.mainichi.co.jp/index-e.html)
Kahoku Shimpo (www.kahoku.co.jp/) Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. English
URL (www.kahoku.co.jp/eng/index.html).
Hokkoku Shimbun (www.hokkoku.co.jp/) Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture,
Hokuriku Area. English URL (www.hokkoku.co.jp/_e_index/e_index.htm).
Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (www.shinmai.co.jp/) Nagano City, Nagano
Prefecture. English URL (www.shinmai.co.jp/shinmai/shim1e.html).
Kyoto Shimbun (www.kyoto-np.co.jp/) Kyoto. English URL (www.kyoto-np.co.jp/kp/index_e.html).
Chugoku Shimbun (http://www.hiroshima-cdas.or.jp/chugoku-np/) Hiroshima
City, Hiroshima Prefecture. English URL (www.hiroshima-cdas.or.jp/chugoku-np/English/index.html).
Sanyo Shimbun (www1.mesh.ne.jp/sanyo-np/) is located in Okayama
City, Okayama Prefecture, but serves Okayama, Hiroshima, and Kagawa. English
URL (www1.mesh.ne.jp/sanyo-np/map/japanese_961107.map?545,116).
Minami Nippon Shimbun (www.minc.or.jp/minami/). English URL (www.minc.or.jp:80/minami/minamihe.htm).
Nishinippon Shimbun (www.nishinippon.co.jp/ Kyushu). English URL
(www.nishinippon.co.jp/e_index.html).
Okinawa Times (www.okinawatimes.co.jp/ )Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture.
English URL (www.okinawatimes.co.jp/index-e.html).
Ryukyu Shimpo (www.ryukyushimpo.co.jp/)is also in Okinawa. English
URL (www.ryukyushimpo.co.jp/english/eindex.htm). Spanish URL (www.ryukyushimpo.co.jp/spanish/sindex.htm).
Kyodo News (www.kyodo.co.jp/) is a Japanese news service which provides
news to newspapers and magazines. English URL (home.kyodo.co.jp/) includes
general summaries of the day's news home.kyodo.co.jp:80/cgi-bin/kwsSummary/General),
economic summaries of the day's news (hhome.kyodo.co.jp:80/cgi-bin/kwsSummary/Economic/),
and Asia Briefs (home.kyodo.co.jp:80/cgi-bin/briefsStory) If you are looking
for Japanese and Asian news in English this is a great place to go. As
of January 1998 it is still only in a beta version so there should be a
lot more to come!
Sankei Shimbun (www.sankei.co.jp/cgi-bin/rb/rbdraw.cgi?main) is
also a national newspaper, but it is not as large or as popular as the
others. They do not have an English URL. Iwate Nippo (www.iwate-np.co.jp/)
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture.
Nigata Nippo (www.niigata-inet.or.jp/nippo/) Nigata Prefecture.
Kitanippon Shimbun (www.fitweb.or.jp/KN/) Toyama Prefecture.
Toyama Shimbun (www.toyama.hokkoku.co.jp/) Toyama Prefecture.
Fukui Shimbun (mars.vcnet.fukui.fukui.jp/~fprs/) Fukui City, Fukui
Prefecture.
Chunichi Shimbun (www.chunichi.co.jp/) Nagoya, Aiichi Prefecture.
Kobe Shimbun (www.kobe-np.co.jp/).
Yamanashi Shimbun (www.sannichi-ybs.co.jp/News/miljan.html) Kofu
City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Gifu Shimbun (www.jic-gifu.or.jp/np/) Gifu Prefecture.
Shizuoka Shimbun (www.sbs-np.co.jp/) Shizuoka Prefecture. Kii Minpo
(www.aikis.or.jp/~agara-km/) Wakayama .Prefecture
Saga Shimbun (www.saga-s.co.jp/) Saga Prefecture.
Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (www.kumanichi.co.jp/) Kumamoto City,
Kumamoto Prefecture.
Ehime Shimbun (www.ehime-np.co.jp/) Ehime Prefecture.
Tokushima Shimbun (topics.or.jp/) Tokushima Prefecture. Shikoku
Shimbun (www.shikoku-np.co.jp/ )Shikoku.
Kochi Shimbun (www.kochinews.co.jp/) Kochi Prefecture.
Hokkaido Shimbun Press (www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/) Hokkaido.
Shimotsuke Shimbun (www.ssctnet.or.jp/shimo/) Tochigi Prefecture.
Ibaraki Shimbun (www1.sphere.ne.jp/iba-news/) Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
Saitama Shimbun (www.cyberlink.co.jp/saitamashimbun/) Saitama Prefecture.
Tokyo Shimbun (www.tokyo-np.co.jp/) Minato Ward, Tokyo.
Chiba Nippo (www.cyberlink.co.jp/chibanippo/) Chiba Prefecturese
Shimbun.
Ise Shimbun (www.alles.or.jp/~isenp/) Mie Prefecture. Kanagawa Shimbun
(www.kanagawa-np.co.jp/) Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Nara Shimbun (www.sphere.ad.jp/nara/) Nara Prefecture.
Nihonkai Shimbun (www.nnn.co.jp/) Tottori Prefecture.
Osaka Nichinichi Shimbun (www.osaka-nichinichi.co.jp/) Osaka-fu.
also has some newspapers which are speciality papers. We have two here.
Also, there are some other publications of interest listed below.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun (www.nikkei.co.jp/) is considered Japan's equivalent
of the Wall Street Journal. Their English news is at (www.nikkei.co.jp/enews/).
Suponichi (www.mainichi.co.jp/suponichi/index.html) is the Mainichi
Sports Newspaper. It is only available in Japanese.
The Chubu Weekly (www.eal.or.jp/CW/) is an English bi-weekly news
source for Nagoya and the Chubu area.
The Daily News Nagoya (www.eal.or.jp/DNN/) offers daily reports
of local news. They also offer a variety of resources including a subway
map and local concert listings.
Kansai Time Out (www.kto.co.jp/kto.html) is a monthly English language
magazine for the Kansai area. If you will be going there this is worth
a look. Their Travel File (www.kto.co.jp/travel/travel_index.html#japan)
provides information about areas all over Japan.
Kyushu Central (www.kyushu.com/kcentral/) offers Kyushu based publications,
links, and information.
Kyoto Journal (www.nihon-syuuji.co.jp/kj/kjhome.html) is an e-zine
published in Kyoto which was started in 1986. They describe themselves
as having minimal advertising and maximum reading value. Take a look.
Tokyo Journal (www.tokyo.to/) is the English language publication
to find out what is going on in Tokyo.
Merit 5 (www.merit5.co.jp/) is the new website of the City Life
News Tokyo (www.merit5.co.jp/cln/cln.html) There are no excerpts from the
publication at the site, just subscription information. Their Japanese
Culture Info (www.merit5.co.jp/culture/culture.html) and other parts of
their website to are worth a look.
Japan Update (www.japanupdate.com/) is an English Language Weekly
serving Okinawa.
Hiragana Times (www.gsquare.or.jp/HiraganaTimes/) lets you read
their magazine in Japanese with characters, in Japanese with hiragana,
or in English. Improve your Japanese reading skills and find out what is
happening in Japan and Tokyo today. The describe themselves as Cross-Culture
Communication Magazine from Tokyo. Take a look.