The Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞, lit. "Daily News") is one of Japanese largest newspapers. Tokyo Main Office of the newspaper is headquartered in Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and Osaka Main Office is headquartered in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka.

It was formed by the merger of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun (東京日日新聞, lit. "Tokyo Daily News") and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, both of which were founded in the Meiji period. The two companies merged in 1911 but continued to print their newspapers independently until 1943, when both editions were placed under a Mainichi Shimbun masthead.

In 1966, Tokyo Main Office moved from Yurakucho to Takebashi, and in 1992, Osaka Main Office moved from Dojima to Nishi-Umeda.

In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun, which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also publishes an English language newspaper (the Mainichi Daily News) and a bilingual news magazine (Mainichi Weekly). It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine Sunday Mainichi.

Like other Japanese newspaper companies, Mainichi hosts many cultural events like art exhibitions and sporting events. Among them, the most famous are the Sembatsu high school baseball games held every spring at Koshien Stadium, and the non-professional baseball tournament held every summer in the Tokyo Dome (formerly held in Korakuen Stadium).

See also

Japanese media

External links

• Home Page: http://www.mainichi.co.jp/
• English online version: http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/

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