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Liberal media in Japan

  • Mainichi ShimbunThe first issue of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun appeared on the 21st of February 1872. This publication marked the beginning of what would become one of…
  • The Asahi ShimbunThe Asahi Shimbun began publication in Osaka on the 25th of January 1879 as a small-print, four-page illustrated paper. It sold for one sen, which was a…
  • KodanshaSeiji Noma established Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai, also known as the Greater Japan Oratorical Society.