The Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation ( 朝日放送グループホールディングス株式会社 , Asahi Hōsō Gurūpu Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha , ABC) is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka , Japan . Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions were spun off into two subsidiaries, with Asahi Radio Broadcasting Corporation taking over the radio broadcasting business, and Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation took over television broadcasting.
41-606: In 1948, when the Asahi Shimbun set up a committee for a private radio station in Tokyo, the name ABC was decided upon to be the name of the station. Asahi Broadcasting requested licenses in December 1949 to both Tokyo and Osaka, but in December 1950, the original company merged with Tokyo Broadcasting (Dentsu), Yomiuri Broadcasting and Radio Nippon (funded by Mainichi Shimbun ) to create Radio Tokyo (JOKR, KRT, now TBS). In 1951,
82-667: A Diet . After the government 's official announcement of the formation of the Diet, these newspapers, such as the Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun and the Chūgai shinbun , became organs of the political parties. The early readers of these newspapers mostly came from the ranks of the former samurai class. Koshinbun , on the other hand, were more plebeian, popular newspapers that contained local news , human-interest stories , and light fiction. Examples of koshinbun were
123-630: A Mainichi Shimbun masthead . In 1966, the Tokyo office was moved from Yurakucho to Takebashi, and in 1992, the Osaka office was moved from Dojima to Nishi-Umeda. The Mainichi has 3,200 employees working in 364 offices in Japan and 26 bureaus overseas. It is one of Japan's three largest newspapers in terms of circulation and number of employees, and has 79 associated companies, including Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) and
164-528: A TV license, and jointly applied for a TV license in the name of Osaka Television Co., Ltd. ( 大阪テレビ放送株式会社 , Ōsaka Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha , OTV) (OTV, renamed "Osaka TV Broadcasting" in August of the following year). In the following year, Osaka TV Broadcasting purchased land in Dojimahama-dori, Osaka City, for the construction of the headquarters' building. Osaka TV Broadcasting also selected
205-463: A central role in issues of free speech and freedom of the press . In the period of " Taishō Democracy " in the 1910s to the 1920s, the government worked to suppress newspapers such as the Asahi shinbun for their critical stance against government bureaucracy that favored protecting citizens' rights and constitutional democracy . In the period of growing militarism to the outbreak of total war in
246-694: A disclaimer since September 19, 2002: "WaiWai stories are transcriptions of articles that originally appeared in Japanese language publications. The Mainichi Daily News cannot be held responsible for the content of the original articles, nor does it guarantee their accuracy. Views expressed in the WaiWai column are not necessarily those held by the Mainichi Daily News or the Mainichi Newspapers Co." Nevertheless, WaiWai content
287-566: A news site J-CAST reported on this issue. The Mainichi editorial board responded by deleting controversial WaiWai articles and limiting archive access, but the column remained in the Sunday Mainichi . Citing continuing criticism, Mainichi's Digital Media Division shut down WaiWai on June 21. Mainichi also announced it would "severely punish the head of the Digital Media Division, which is responsible for overseeing
328-631: A period of one or two months. On July 20, 2008, Mainichi released the results of an in-house investigation. Mainichi announced that it would re-organize the MDN Editorial Department on August 1 with a new chief editor, and re-launch the MDN on September 1 as a more news-oriented site. Mainichi said, "We continued to post articles that contained incorrect information about Japan and indecent sexual content. These articles, many of which were not checked, should not have been dispatched to Japan or
369-544: A technology popularized by Asahi shinbun in the 1930s as a way to compress and archive newspapers by reducing the size of the print to fit multiple pages of a daily newspaper onto one page. Shukusatsuban are geared towards libraries and archives, and are usually organized and released by month. These resources are available at many leading research universities throughout the world (usually universities with reputable Japanese studies programs). One will need to check each individual library's collection for information about
410-694: A weekly news magazine, Sunday Mainichi . It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are The Asahi Shimbun , the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun . The Sankei Shimbun and the Chunichi Shimbun are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for both. The history of the Mainichi Shimbun began with the founding of two papers during
451-695: Is available only at the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University , which notably includes advertisements in its index. Researchers using other university libraries would probably have to first use the CD-ROM index, and then look into the microfilm or shukusatsuban versions. Microfilm versions are available from 1888; shukusatsuban versions are available from 1931. Issues of the Asahi shinbun printed since August 1984 are available through Lexis-Nexis Academic. Microfilm versions of
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#1732800929117492-449: Is one of the major newspapers in Japan , published by The Mainichi Newspapers Co. In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun , which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called The Mainichi (previously Mainichi Daily News , abbreviated MDN), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly . It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including
533-627: The Asahi Shimbun , Mainichi Shimbun , the Yomiuri Shimbun , Sankei Shimbun and the Nikkei Shimbun . The first two are generally considered liberal/left-leaning while the latter three are considered conservative/right-leaning. The most popular national daily English-language newspaper in Japan is The Japan Times . The majority of the newspaper articles are printed vertically . Japanese law prohibits newspaper publishers to be publicly traded . Japanese newspapers began in
574-557: The Tokyo nichinichi shinbun ( 東京日日新聞 ), the predecessor of the present day Mainichi shinbun , which began in 1872; the Yomiuri shinbun , which began in 1874; and the Asahi shinbun , which began in 1879. In the 1880s, government pressure led to a gradual weeding out of Ōshinbun , and the koshinbun started becoming more similar to the modern, "impartial" newspapers. Throughout their history, Japanese newspapers have had
615-578: The Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun (横浜毎日新聞), first published in 1871. Newspapers at this time can be divided into two types, Ōshinbun ( 大新聞 , 'large newspapers') and koshinbun ( 小新聞 , 'small newspapers'). People commonly referred to Ōshinbun as "political forums" because these papers were inextricably tied to the Popular Rights Movement ( 自由民権運動 , Jiyū minken undō ) and its demands for establishing
656-513: The Constitution of Japan . Listed below is an overview of reproductions of the three major Japanese daily newspapers, the Yomiuri shinbun , the Asahi shinbun , and the Mainichi shinbun . These historical newspapers are available in three major forms, as CD-ROMs , as microfilm , and as shukusatsuban ( 縮刷版 , literally 'reduced-sized print editions'). Shukusatsuban is
697-460: The Meiji period . The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper with its 136-year history. The Osaka Mainichi Shimbun was founded four years later, in 1876. The two papers merged in 1911, but the two companies continued to print their newspapers independently until 1943, when both editions were placed under
738-748: The Sports Nippon Newspaper . (despite affiliation, the Mainichi does not have majority ownership in TBS nor in MBS) The Mainichi is the only Japanese newspaper company to have won a Pulitzer Prize , for the 1960 photograph "Tokyo Stabbing", which captured the 1960 assassination of Inejirō Asanuma , chairman of the Japan Socialist Party . The Japan Newspapers Association, made up of 180 news organizations, has granted
779-785: The Tokyo Dome (formerly held in Korakuen Stadium ) and the end of the fall in the Osaka Dome . The company sponsors a number of prominent annual road running competitions in Japan, including the Lake Biwa Marathon and the Beppu-Ōita Marathon . Newspapers in Japan Japanese newspapers ( 新聞 shinbun , or older spelling shimbun ), similar to their worldwide counterparts, run
820-614: The 17th century as yomiuri ( 読売 , literally 'to read and sell') or kawaraban ( 瓦版 , literally 'tile-block printing ', referring to the use of clay printing blocks), which were printed handbills sold in major cities to commemorate major social gatherings or events. The first modern newspaper was the Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser , which was published bi-weekly by the Englishman A. W. Hansard. The first edition appeared on 22 June 1861. In November of
861-514: The 1930s to the 1940s, newspapers faced intense government censorship and control. After Japan's defeat , strict censorship of the press continued as the American occupiers used government control in order to inculcate democratic and anti-communist values. In 1951, the American occupiers finally returned freedom of the press to Japan, which is the situation today based on the Article 21 of
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#1732800929117902-568: The ABC plan was revived for a new radio station in Osaka. The new Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku , Osaka on March 15, 1951, with Mitsujirō Ishii appointed as its first president. ABC started AM radio broadcasting on November 11 (1010 kHz). It became the third commercial radio station to sign-on in Japan overall. On April 1, 1958, the station relocated to
943-614: The Mainichi its Grand Prix award on 21 occasions, making the Mainichi the most frequent winner of the prize since its inception in 1957. On 15 January 2004, Mainichi Shimbun and MSN Japan announced they were to merge their websites. The partnership has been known as MSN-Mainichi Interactive [ ja ] , effective since 1 April 2004. On 18 September 2007, Mainichi announced the launch of their new website, mainichi.jp, which would include "heavy use of social bookmarking, RSS and blog parts" and would "pay attention to bloggers ". The new website began operations on 1 October 2007, marking
984-723: The Shin-Asahi Building and in June, started simultaneous broadcasts with KRT Radio, carrying the first commercial radio simulcasts between Tokyo and Osaka. The frequency output doubled from 10KW to 20 in 1959. After joining JRN in 1965, ABC moved again to the ABC Center in 1966. The output increased again in 1971, this time to 50KW. In line with changes to the frequency plan set up by the ITU, ABC Radio moved from 1010 kHz to 1008 kHz on November 23, 1978. On April 1, 1989,
1025-456: The availability of these sources. WorldCat is a good starting point. In 1999, the Yomiuri shinbun released a CD-ROM titled The Yomiuri shinbun in the Meiji Era , which provides a searchable index of news articles and images from the period. Subsequent CD-ROMs, The Taisho Era , The Prewar Showa Era I and The Prewar Showa Era II , were completed eight years after the project
1066-526: The broadcast started. In November 1956, Osaka TV Broadcasting began to conduct trial broadcasts, broadcasting 2.5 hours of programs every day. At 9:30am on December 1, 1956, OTV officially started broadcasting, becoming the first private TV station in Kansai. At the beginning of the broadcast, TV dramas, audience-participating programs, and news programs accounted for nearly half of all programs broadcast on Osaka TV. Osaka TV purchased two taping machines in 1958 and
1107-754: The contest. Therefore, according to the journalists Asami Kazuo and Suzuki Jiro, writing in the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun of 13 December, they decided to begin another contest with the goal of 150 kills. The Nichi Nichi headline of the story of 13 December read " 'Incredible Record' [in the Contest to] Behead 100 People—Mukai 106 – 105 Noda—Both 2nd Lieutenants Go Into Extra Innings". The Mainichi Daily News column WaiWai, by Australian journalist Ryann Connell, featured often-sensationalist stories, principally translated from and based on articles appearing in Japanese tabloids. The column carried
1148-554: The end of MSN-Mainichi Interactive, being replaced by mainichi.jp. The English-language Mainichi Daily News also moved to the new website. MSN-Japan switched to Sankei Shimbun . In 1937, the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun and its sister newspaper, the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun , covered a contest between two Japanese officers, Toshiaki Mukai ( 向井 敏明 ) and Tsuyoshi Noda ( 野田 毅 ) , in which
1189-531: The gamut from general news-oriented papers to special-interest newspapers devoted to economics , sports , literature , industry, and trade . Newspapers are circulated either nationally, by region (such as Kantō or Kansai ), by each prefecture , or by each city . Some newspapers publish as often as two times a day (morning and evening editions) while others publish weekly, monthly, quarterly, or even yearly. The five leading national daily newspapers in Japan are
1230-402: The list of operators applying for TV licenses. However, due to the limited number of channels, the two parties finally agreed to apply for a new station license from Mainichi Broadcasting after the talks between the two parties, while Asahi Broadcasting and Osaka TV Broadcasting merged. At that time, among the employees of TV Broadcasting in Osaka, 200 people wanted to stay in the new company after
1271-765: The merger, and 104 people wanted to join Mainichi Broadcasting. At the same time, because Nippon Television stopped providing programs to Osaka TV after Yomiuri TV started broadcasting in August 1958, Osaka TV and KRT TV established a network relationship. On June 1, 1959, Osaka TV Broadcasting and Asahi Broadcasting merged on an equal basis to become the TV division of Asahi Broadcasting. JONR 34°41′38.18″N 135°29′18.32″E / 34.6939389°N 135.4884222°E / 34.6939389; 135.4884222 Mainichi Shimbun The Mainichi Shimbun ( 毎日新聞 , lit. ' Daily Newspaper ' )
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1312-509: The same time, Sankei Shimbun , Kyoto Broadcasting, Kobe Broadcasting, Yomiuri Shimbun and other companies also intended to set up private TV stations in Osaka Prefecture, and the two private broadcasting stations in Kansai, Asahi Broadcasting and New Japan Broadcasting Company (currently Mainichi Broadcasting System) decided to join forces. In August 1952, Asahi Broadcasting and Nippon Broadcasting revoked their original application for
1353-568: The same year, Hansard moved the paper to Yokohama and renamed it the Japan Herald . In 1862, the Tokugawa shogunate began publishing the Kampan batabiya shinbun , a translated edition of a widely distributed Dutch government newspaper. These two papers were published for foreigners, and contained only foreign news. The first Japanese daily newspaper that covered foreign and domestic news was
1394-524: The site, the manager responsible for the column and the editor involved with the stories." On June 25, Mainichi apologized to MDN readers. Some advertisers responded to the campaign by pulling ads from Mainichi' s Japanese site. On June 28, 2008, Mainichi announced punitive measures. Connell, who remained anonymous in the announcement, was suspended for three months ("issuing three months' disciplinary leave"). Other involved personnel were either docked 10%–20% salary or "stripped of their titles" for
1435-599: The station adopted ABC Radio as its commercial name. On March 19, 2016, ABC started broadcasting over the Wide FM band, alongside OBC and MBS. Japan's private TV began with the idea of Masori Matsutaro, the owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun , to use the microwave communication network to build a TV station covering the whole of Japan. In July 1952, Nippon Television in Tokyo obtained a television preparatory license and became Japan's first private television station. At
1476-435: The trademark through public solicitation in newspapers. On December 3, 1955, Osaka TV Broadcasting obtained the preparatory license; the call sign is JOBX-TV. Before broadcasting, OTV set a goal of 40% self-made programs, and decided to rebroadcast the programs of Tokyo's KRT TV and Nippon TV at the same time to maximize profits. In order to popularize television, OTV also set up 60 street TV sets in various parts of Kansai before
1517-543: The two men were described as vying with one another to be the first to kill 100 people with a sword. The competition supposedly took place en route to Nanjing prior to the infamous Nanjing Massacre , and was covered in four articles from 30 November 1937, to 13 December 1937; the last two being translated in the Japan Advertiser . Both officers supposedly surpassed their goal during the heat of battle, making it difficult to determine which officer had actually won
1558-576: The world. We apologize deeply for causing many people trouble and for betraying the public's trust in the Mainichi Shimbun." Like other Japanese newspaper companies, Mainichi hosts many cultural events such as art exhibitions and sporting events. Among them, the most famous are the Senbatsu High School baseball tournament held every spring at Koshien Stadium , and the non-professional baseball tournaments held every summer in
1599-464: Was first conceived. Postwar Recovery , the first part of a postwar Showa Era series that includes newspaper stories and images until 1960, is forthcoming. Issues of Yomiuri shinbun printed since 1998 are also available as an online resource through Lexis-Nexis Academic. The Asahi shinbun has a CD-ROM database consisting of an index of headlines and sub-headlines from the years 1945–1999. A much more expensive full-text searchable database
1640-498: Was reported as fact in blogs and reputable foreign media sources. In April and May 2008, an aggressive anti- WaiWai campaign appeared on internet forums including 2channel . Criticism included "contents are too vulgar" and "the stories could cause Japanese people to be misunderstood abroad." Critics had accused the WaiWai column of propagating a racist stereotype of Japanese women as sexual deviants with its sensationalist stories about incest, bestiality and debauchery. On June 20,
1681-620: Was the first TV station in Japan to introduce video recording facilities. In the same year, Osaka TV also achieved Japan's first live broadcast from the top of Mount Fuji. In January 1957, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a new basic policy for the VHF band in Japan at the same time as OTV, and the metropolitan areas outside Tokyo were allocated more TV channels. There were also 7 operators in Kansai who applied for TV licenses, and Asahi Broadcasting and Mainichi Broadcasting also joined