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First issue of the Yomiuri Shimbun

When
1874
Where
Tokyo, Japan
Episodes
1

The Yomiuri Shimbun was launched in 1874 by the Nisshusha newspaper company as a small daily newspaper. A legacy record places the first issue in Tokyo on 2 November 1874, but the supplied passage supports only the year 1874, so the day and month remain unverified.

Episodes

  1. 1874 · Tokyo, JapanFirst Issue Publication

    The Yomiuri Shimbun was launched in 1874 by the Nisshusha newspaper company as a small daily newspaper. A legacy record dates the first issue to 2 November 1874 in Tokyo, though supplied passages confirm only the year.

Background and detail

Background. The Yomiuri Shimbun is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan, alongside The Asahi Shimbun, the Chunichi Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun, and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The newspaper is headquartered in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and generally has a conservative orientation.

Launch. The Yomiuri Shimbun was launched in 1874 by the Nisshusha newspaper company as a small daily newspaper. A legacy record dates the first issue to 2 November 1874 in Tokyo, but this specific day is not verified by the supplied passages, which confirm only the year 1874.

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Sources

  1. The Yomiuri Shimbun Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-18

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.