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47-560: On July 1, 2002, Yomiuri Shimbun was divided into two companies: the holding company Yomiuri Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters, which was responsible for publication of newspapers. At the same time, one of the subsidiary company, Yomiuri Co., Ltd., was absorbed and split. As a result, "Yomiuri Shimbun" became a general term referring to Yomiuri Shimbun's Tokyo Headquarters, as well as its Osaka Headquarters and Western Headquarters. Currently,

94-628: 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. 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. The Yomiuri newspaper said in an editorial in 2011 "No written material supporting

141-534: A collision course with Japan. America won gratitude and favor from many Europeans for coming to the defense of Western Europe twice in the First and Second World Wars , while earning ire from enemies such as Germany and Japan. America earned further approval from Europeans, and later Asian countries such as Japan and Taiwan, for standing against its ideological opponents the Soviet Union and Communist China in

188-415: A comeback following America's withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975. America proved good at mollifying former wartime enemies, with former opponents such as Germany, Japan, and Vietnam all coming to embrace pro-Americanism by century's end. During the 20th century, Hollywood movies and other forms of popular culture proved a powerful vector for spreading American ideas and fomenting pro-American sentiments all around

235-566: A partner in the U.S.-Japan alliance , whereas the "Old Left, the " New Left ," and the " New Right " tended to embrace anti-American sentiments in seeking immediate break with America and the expulsion of U.S. military forces from Japanese soil. However, recent decades have seen the eclipse of the Left in Japan and the ascendancy of "Old Right" ideas over those of the "New Right," as seen in the popularity of former prime minister Shinzō Abe , who embraced

282-618: A positive image of America as a land of freedom and opportunity in the European imagination. Meanwhile, following the opening up of Asian nations such as Japan and China to international trade, many Asians viewed America more favorably as a less nakedly imperialist nation compared to the European powers. However, America's imperialist expansion into the Pacific following its victory in the Spanish–American War in 1898 eventually put it on

329-691: A threat to South Korea, pro-Americanism has been once again on the rise. Taiwanese nationalists want to be free from opposition and threats from the People's Republic of China (PRC) to Taiwanese independence . Modern Taiwanese nationalists are therefore very friendly to the United States and support military, economic, and cultural cooperation. Taiwanese nationalism is often seen as " anti-imperialism " since it opposes Chinese imperialism , which denies Taiwan its right to self-determination , even though it does not oppose American imperialism , which

376-545: A triangular red and white striped pattern on its upper right corner, and a square white background with the word "讀賣" (Yomiuri) written in red on the lower left side. The company flag of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation also use part of the same design. In addition, in the TV program credits, or in the program produced by the Yomiuri Shimbun during the "news & culture" time of Nippon Telesitas, it used to be written with

423-525: Is contrasted with Anti-Americanism , which is the fear or hatred of things American. In the late 18th century, European monarchical powers such as France and Spain viewed America positively, as an ally or potential ally against their imperial rival Great Britain, with both countries supplying aid to the American revolutionaries. However, the American Revolution also provided inspiration to

470-624: 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 . 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, Shoriki Matsutaro took over management of

517-489: Is seen as friendly to Taiwan. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is Taiwan's leading pro-American political party. Lai Ching-te , the current president of Taiwan, has often been described as being "pro-U.S." in international media. Taiwan's far-right parties, including the New Party , Patriot Alliance Association and Chinese Unification Promotion Party have anti-American attitudes due to their sympathy for

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564-652: The Cold War . As part of the Cold War, America engaged in a global struggle with the Soviet Union to win hearts and minds, seeking to promote pro-Americanism in the developing world, often through foreign and military aid. Worldwide pro-American sentiment evaporated during America's protracted and unpopular war in Vietnam , with anti-American protests arising around the globe, but pro-American sentiment eventually made

611-768: The French Revolution and various revolutions against Spanish rule in Latin America. These connections would later be recognized with grand gestures such as France's donation of the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ) to the United States in 1886. European visitors such as Alexis de Tocqueville often wrote glowingly of American dynamism and liberty, and America's lack of immigration controls spurred mass immigration from Europe that established

658-523: 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 the removal of Shoriki Matsutaro, who had supported Imperial Japan's policies during World War II. When Shoriki responded by firing five of the leading members of this group, the writers and editors launched

705-654: 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 . 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. In November 1999, the Yomiuri Shimbun released a CD-ROM titled "The Yomiuri Shimbun in

752-519: 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, the Yomiuri Shimbun is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world as of 2019, having a morning circulation of 7.0 million as of June 2021. The paper

799-474: 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 Era ", "The pre-war Showa Era I", and "The pre-war Showa era II" were completed eight years after

846-801: The Philippines , and certain countries in central and eastern Europe . Pro-Americanism declined in the late 2010s in Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, and the European Union, due in part to the strong worldwide unpopularity of the Donald Trump administration . However, pro-Americanism has risen sharply around the world in recent years, following the 2020 election of Joe Biden as America's new president, China's mishandling of

893-436: The U.S. military occupation of Japan , which many Japanese came to view as having brought Japan freedom and democracy after years under a totalitarian military dictatorship. However, the presence of U.S. military bases remained a constant irritant, and the unpopular Vietnam War provided another source of anti-American sentiment in Japan. Nevertheless, since reaching a postwar nadir during the massive 1960 Anpo protests against

940-400: The U.S.-Japan Security Treaty , pro-American sentiment has gradually risen in Japan, such that today, Japan is one of the most pro-American countries in the world. Historically, pro-Americanism was embraced by the "Old Right" in Japan, which sought to make common cause with the United States against worldwide communism, and aimed to gradually remilitarize Japan under the U.S. nuclear umbrella as

987-503: The United States , its government and economic system, its foreign policy , the American people, and/or American culture, typically on the part of people who are not American citizens or otherwise living outside of the United States. In this sense, it differs from Americanism (American patriotism), which can generally only be adhered to by American citizens or residents, although adherents of any of these may subscribe to overlapping concepts, such as American exceptionalism . Pro-Americanism

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1034-557: The "Old Right" ideas of his grandfather Nobusuke Kishi and worked closely with the United States in strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance. The Liberal Democratic Party , which plays a key role in de facto one-party system of Japanese politics , has been described as a "pro-American conservative". Japan's far-right groups (" Uyoku dantai ") have been consistent in traditional anti-Chinese , anti-Korean , and anti-Russian sentiments , but after World War II, some far-right groups have actively embraced pro-Americanism; for example,

1081-520: The COVID-19 pandemic, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, with overall global views of the United States returning to positive territory once more. During the Cold War , India received extensive technological and military aid from the Soviet Union , leading the United States to provide aid to India's rival Pakistan and causing the rise of Anti-American sentiment in India. However, since

1128-512: The Nagoya-based social democratic Chunichi Shimbun . This newspaper is well known for its pro-American stance among major Japanese media. It is published by regional bureaus, all of them subsidiaries of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings , Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest media conglomerate by size behind Sony , which is privately held by law and wholly owned by present and former employees and members of

1175-469: The PRC and their support of Chinese unification , but the centre-right conservative Kuomintang has a rather favorable view of the United States. During the era of colonialism, Africans viewed the United States in a highly favorable light. Americans were seen as the "fearless guardians of freedom and equality" and the "conscience of the world" due to the United States' status as a powerful Western nation that

1222-621: The South Korean flag at marches and political rallies. Anti-American sentiment has appeared among younger South Koreans at times, especially in relation to crimes and accidents by US servicemen stationed in South Korea in the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as the 2008 US beef protest in South Korea in which the United States was viewed as bullying South Korea into accepting imports of American beef, which some South Koreans viewed as unsafe. However, with China recently increasingly seen as

1269-547: The Yomiuri Shimbun Group is a holding company, consisting of aforementioned three Headquarters that publish newspapers; a publishing company named Chuokoron Shinsha ; the management base of the professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants; and a number of amusement parks, leisure and public sports facilities such as Yomiuri Land . In addition, by making it a holding company, the Osaka Headquarter, which

1316-496: 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. The New York Times reported on similar statements previously, writing that "The nation's (Japan's) largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, applauded

1363-535: 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

1410-616: The daily Hochi Shimbun , a sport -specific daily newspaper, as well as weekly and monthly magazines and books . Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings owns the Chuokoron-Shinsha publishing company, which it acquired in 1999, and the Nippon Television network. It is a member of the Asia News Network . The paper is known as the de facto financial patron of the baseball team Yomiuri Giants . They also sponsor

1457-560: The election of Joe Biden and highly unpopular actions by America's adversaries such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's antagonistic actions toward its neighbors. Although peoples embracing pro-American sentiments have necessarily shifted over time, in tandem with changing geopolitical circumstances, since late 2010s pro-Americanism has been strong or growing in regions such as the United Kingdom , Japan , India , Israel , Kenya, Nigeria, South Korea , Vietnam ,

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1504-404: The end of the Cold War, pro-Americanism has been growing in India, especially as both India and the United States have come to see China as a shared rival. Pro-Americanism is especially high among educated and high-income Indians, but is present among Indians of all classes. Following a brutal war in the Pacific between the two countries, pro-Americanism began to appear once more in Japan during

1551-637: 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. 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 Plants 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

1598-523: The first "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. Shoriki Matsutaro 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. The charges against Shoriki were dropped and he

1645-738: The five major newspapers in Japan ; the other four are The Asahi Shimbun , the Chunichi Shimbun , the Mainichi Shimbun , and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun . It is headquartered in Otemachi , Chiyoda, Tokyo . It is a newspaper that represents Tokyo and generally has a conservative orientation. It is one of Japan's leading newspapers, along with the Osaka-based liberal ( Third Way ) Asahi Shimbun and

1692-579: The following six companies are positioned as the "seven core companies" of the Yomiuri Group: Excludes six core companies. The order follows the official website. Under the mass media concentration elimination principle ( マスメディア集中排除原則 ) , a board member will be publicly announced as having control over a broadcaster when they possess more than 10% of voting rights on the board. The following companies can be considered to be controlled by Yomiuri Group under this rule: The company flag has

1739-600: The major individual shareholders. Toru Shoriki (eldest son of Matsutaro Shoriki), the third largest shareholder, passed away in August 2011, and as of the end of March 2011, his wife (Mineko Shoriki) held 11.86% of the shares. It seems to have been transferred or inherited by his children (Genichiro Shoriki, Mio Shoriki). The 9th largest shareholder, Yoshiko Shoriki, has the same number of shares held during her lifetime as Mineko Shoriki (Toru Shoriki's wife, died on August 17, 2019). As of June 6, 2021: The group headquarter and

1786-459: The new font "Yomiuri" for registration. However, before the group reorganization, Osaka Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka Yomiuri Television Broadcasting, and Kagoshima Yomiuri Television were registered with the old font of "Yomiuri". Yomiuri Shimbun The Yomiuri Shimbun ( 讀賣新聞/読売新聞 ) is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo , Osaka , Fukuoka , and other major Japanese cities. It is one of

1833-800: 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. The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings ( 株式会社読売新聞グループ本社 , KK Yomiuri Shimbun Gurūpu Honsha , "Yomiuri Shimbun Group Headquarters") conglomerate comprises many entities, including: Pro-American Pro-Americanism (also called pro-American sentiment and Americophilia ) describes support, love, or admiration for

1880-482: 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. Yomiuri editorials have also opposed the DPJ government and denounced denuclearization as "not a viable option". Yomiuri also publishes The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri ), one of Japan's largest English-language newspapers. It publishes

1927-424: The same brush as the title (the notation is "Yomiuri Shimbun <sha>"). However, currently, the subtitles of "Yomiuri Shimbun" in blue round characters are used. In addition, the company emblem is a circle with "Yomiuri". Giants uniforms used to have patches on their sleeves. Even now, the title is "Yomiuri Shimbun" with "Yomiuri" in the old font, but group companies that have "Yomiuri" in their company name use

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1974-671: The ultra-conservative Greater Japan Patriotic Party combines hard-line pro-Americanism with Japanese nationalism . Pro-American sentiment has been strong in South Korea throughout the postwar era, as the threatening presence of North Korea has led South Koreans to make common cause with the United States against communism, most notably in the Korean War and the Vietnam War . Pro-Americanism tends to be especially strong among older South Koreans and conservative South Koreans, with conservative parties often flying American flags alongside

2021-515: The way he made his request." 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." 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. In 2012, the paper reported that Nobutaka Tsutsui , the Minister for Agriculture, had divulged secret information to

2068-556: The world. Countries around the world were highly sympathetic to the United States after the September 11 attacks , often viewing the attack on the U.S. as an attack on a free and open world. However, anti-American sentiments returned when the United States responded with highly unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pro-Americanism rose with the election of Barack Obama and fell with the election of Donald Trump before rising again with

2115-599: Was not involved in the colonization of Africa. Nigerian statesman and independence leader Nnamdi Azikiwe described the United States as "God's country", stating: "deep in my heart I can honestly confess that the United States of America has impressed me as a haven of refuge for the oppressed sections of humanity in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the rest of the world". African newspapers such as The Lagos Standard highly idealized early American leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington , while acknowledging but disregarding

2162-587: Was released in 1948. According to research by Professor Tetsuo Arima of Waseda University on declassified documents stored at NARA , he agreed to work with the CIA as an informant. 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

2209-436: Was the only one of the three headquarters that survived before the liquidation, became a pure operating company, and the shares of the broadcasting station, etc. owned by the company were absorbed by corporate split. (As of November 27, 2020) Currently, there are 66 shareholders, of them 3 are corporations (including Shoriki Koseikai), and 63 are individuals. In particular, many of the descendants of Matsutaro Shoriki are among

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