Nikkan Sports

Nikkan Sports
Nikkan Sports first issue March 6, 1946
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
OwnerThe Asahi Shimbun Company
PublisherNikkan Sports Newspaper Research Office
Founded1946
LanguageJapanese
Websitewww.nikkansports.com
Nikkan Sports headquarters in Tokyo

Nikkan Sports (日刊スポーツ, Nikkan Supōtsu; lit.'The Daily Sports') is the first Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1946.[1][2] It has a circulation of 1,661,000 and is an affiliate newspaper of the Asahi Shimbun.

See also

  • Nikkan Sports Film Award
  • Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix

References

  1. ^ Louise do Rosario, "News-stand stars" in "Japan" (1992) 155 Far Eastern Economic Review, 24 to 31 December 1992, p 21
  2. ^ Lee Thompson. The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics: Editorial Differences and Similarities of Approach in Five Japanese Newspapers (2013) 30 The International Journal of the History of Sport