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  Mainichi Wins Award for "Letters from Burma" Column
The Mainichi Shimbun won the Nihon Shimbun Kyokai (Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association) Award on Wednesday, September 4 for carrying the series "Letter from Burma" by Burmese dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
My main purpose in consenting to the proposal of the Mainichi Shimbun that I should contribute a regular weekly column was to brig little-known aspects of the Burmese situation to the attention of the Japanese public.
Hiroshi Nagai and the generous spirit with which the Mainichi Shimbun was prepared to share the series with other newspapers, "Letter from Burma" is appearing in several countries.
www.ibiblio.org /freeburma/assk/letters/award.html   (446 words)

  
 Mainichi Shimbun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The newspaper was formed by the merger of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, both of which were founded in the Meiji period.
In 1966 the Tokyo office was moved from Yurakucho to Takebashi, and in 1992 the Osaka office was moved from Dojima to Nishi-Umeda.
In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun, which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language Web version of the defunct Mainichi Daily News, and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mainichi_Shimbun   (244 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Koizumi poll agenda irks press
Mainichi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun, two of Japan's largest dailies, join the call for a more wide-ranging debate in the run-up to the election.
Calling for "broader themes" to be brought into the campaign, Mainichi says there is no need for the people of Japan to comply with Mr Koizumi's intention to limit the election to the "narrow theme" of postal privatisation.
Mainichi Shimbun suggests that Mr Koizumi called the snap election not to compete with the opposition, but to "purify the Liberal Democratic Party and restore his control on the party".
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/4196918.stm   (574 words)

  
 Japanese newspapers@Everything2.com
Mainichi Shimbun - As one friend of mine put it, "Yomiuri takes the right, Asahi takes the left, and Mainichi takes the low road in between." Although Mainichi is a broadsheet with plenty of serious articles, its content tends toward the tabloid side of current affairs.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun - Referred to as "Nikkei" for short, this is Japan's largest business newspaper, and also the namesake of the Nikkei 225 stock index.
Sankei Shimbun - Owned by the Fuji Sankei media group that also runs Fuji TV, Sankei is Japan's unabashedly conservative newspaper, where you can read about the latest Nanjing Massacre denials and see glowing editorials praising Junichiro Koizumi and George W. Bush.
www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1442236   (470 words)

  
 Japan's Abe reinforces lead in race to be next PM - Boston.com
Fukuda was still number two despite bowing out, but won only 11 percent support in the Mainichi poll and 12 percent in the Nihon Keizai survey, down several points from earlier ratings.
LDP members of parliament are eager to have a popular leader who will improve their chances in an election for the upper house next summer, and many think Abe fits the bill.
Both the Mainichi and Nihon Keizai surveys showed a majority of voters now oppose visits by the prime minister to the shrine.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/07/24/japans_abe_reinforces_lead_in_race_to_be_next_pm   (752 words)

  
 Student winners follow Howard's path
The group gathers at Mainichi Shimbun ("shimbun" is Japanese for newspaper, and "Mainichi" means "every day") prior to a discussion about Japanese journalism with a reporter and editor in Osaka.
Mainichi Shimbun has five similar presses which are located six floors below ground to limit the noise.
Mainichi Shimbun has the third largest circulation in the world and prints about 4 million newspapers in the morning and then another 1 to 2 million in the afternoon.
www.journalism.indiana.edu /news/20060613asiatrip   (3208 words)

  
 Shimbunwiki
The Osaka Nichinichi Shimbun, founded in 1888, and the Tokyo Nichinichi merged in 1911, continuing to publish separately until finally moving under the single Mainichi Newspaper masthead in 1943.
The Mainichi is considered somewhat liberal, but also a company that allows more latitude of opinion among its staff, resulting in some more articles with conservative points of view from time to time.
It claims the Mainichi now covers more news and advertisements for the Soka Gakkai, a powerful Buddhist sect whose political party is the Komeito, which has co-governed the nation alongside the Liberal Democratic Party.
www.japanmediareview.com /japan/wiki/Shimbunwiki   (2730 words)

  
 Print on Demand: Agfa CtP Chosen by Japanese Newspaper
Mainichi Shimbun’s Tokyo Metropolitan Center is the third largest newspaper in the world.
Mainichi Shimbun also decided to purchase the newspaper version of the :LP150 processors for Agfa’s :Lithostar CtP plates.
Established in 1872, the Mainichi Shimbun Newspaper is the world’s third largest circulation daily, with 5.6 million copies printed every day (morning and evening issues).
www.printondemand.com /MT/archives/000525print.html   (516 words)

  
 Slyck News - 66,000 Names and Personal Details Leaked On P2P
The newspaper, Mainichi Shimbun, has confirmed that names, addresses and phone numbers have all been leaked, but no financial information.
The information was originally part of a database being used by Mainichi Friend, who was an affiliate of the newspaper, according to the company.
Mainichi Friend was managing a readers' club, which closed in late March.
www.slyck.com /news.php?story=1169   (728 words)

  
 MASS MEDIA Pillars of the
Then, in 1871, the first daily newspaper, the Yokohama Mainichi Shimbun, was launched.
In the order of their circulation, they are Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Sankei Shimbun.
In its first few years, television was a luxury commodity that only a few could afford, and large crowds would often gather around television sets set up in front of railroad stations and other places for a chance to watch sumo (traditional professional wrestling) and other sports events.
www.us.emb-japan.go.jp /jicc/spotmedia.htm   (1689 words)

  
 WhatTheyThink.com - Print's Home Page
Mainichi Shimbun’s Tokyo Metropolitan Center is the third largest newspaper in the world.
Mainichi Shimbun also decided to purchase the newspaper version of the :LP150 processors for Agfa’s :Lithostar CtP plates.
Mainichi Shimbun’s choice proves that our worldwide leadership in newspaper CtP and our technology leadership are also appreciated in the high-tech environment of Japanese newspapers.”
members.whattheythink.com /news/newslink.cfm?id=11274   (800 words)

  
 Japanese Newspapers | Press | Media in Japan :: Japan Visitor
The Asahi Shimbun was the first to adopt an impartial editorial policy and insist on accuracy from its reporters.
The Yomiuri Shimbun leads with almost 10.3 million copies printed daily, followed by the Asahi Shimbun with about 8.3 million, and the Mainichi Shimbun with almost 4 million.
It competes with the English versions of the Asahi Shimbun, the Yomiuri Shimbun, and the Mainichi Shimbun.
www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=359&pID=327   (865 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan's troops plan splits press
"The prime minister's head is on the block," warns Tokyo's Mainichi Daily News, noting that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had said he would accept responsibility for the consequences of the decision.
Mainichi Shimbun criticises Mr Koizumi for being too "inward-looking" at Tuesday's news conference.
Yomiuri Shimbun, however, is more upbeat, saying the "historic decision" will allow Japan to assume the "self-evident responsibility" of providing assistance to Iraq.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3306423.stm   (506 words)

  
 Mainichi Interactive - Top News from the MDN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
An Italian native indicted for a 1969 terrorist attack has sued four media companies here for defamation after they reported that he carried out the lethal assault in Milan.
Delfo Zorzi, who has taken Japanese citizenship, is demanding 22 million yen for coverage that he claims stained his name by saying he was involved in the terrorist incident and obtained Japanese nationality by filing a false application.
He also claims he was defamed when reports in the accused companies - the Mainichi Newspapers, Asahi Shimbun, Shogakukan Inc. and Shinchosha Co. Ltd. - linked him to an extreme rightist group.
odin.prohosting.com /pippus/zorzi/mainichi2.htm   (233 words)

  
 WIPO orders S. Korean not to use Mainichi Shimbun domain name Asian Economic News - Find Articles
In March, the Mainichi filed a suit with WIPO against the South Korean who registered the name of ''Mainichishimbun.com'' in September 2000, according to WIPO officials.
The company claimed that the name Mainichi Shimbun has been registered as a trademark in Japan and that a South Korean individual has no right to use it.
The South Korean countered by saying the names mainichi (every day) and shimbun (newspaper) are common names and other newspaper companies in Japan also use the words Mainichi Shimbun in their names.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2001_June_23/ai_76143516   (275 words)

  
 Japan Media Review -- Breaking the Glass Ceiling With Award-Winning Investigations
Tomoko Ohji is one of just a handful of women working as a news reporter at one of Japan's top newspapers -- she works at Japan's No. 3 paper, the Mainichi Shimbun.
Upon graduation, she became a reporter in the Mainichi Shimbun, and worked in bureaus in Hanshin, Kobe and Yokohama.
She also worked for the magazine "Sunday Mainichi." Since 2001, she has been a news reporter at the company's Tokyo office.
www.ojr.org /japan/qa/1075415813.php   (1351 words)

  
 Nikkei Net Interactive - Asia Web Guide - Japan - Mass Media, Publishing
Hokkoku Shimbun is a Japanese newspaper published in Ishikawa prefecture in west-central Japan.
Mainichi Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Mainichi Newspapers, is a Japanese communications organization involved...
Mainichi Newspapers is a Japanese media company, offering a variety of printed newspaper publications...
www.nni.nikkei.co.jp /FR/AWG/url/j_Massm.html   (881 words)

  
 Kyodo News - Story
The Mainichi and the Asahi are rival newspapers.
To defend the sponsorship for the Meijinsen, the Mainichi has carried out a big campaign, saying in the newspaper, ''We will protect the Mainichi's Meijinsen,'' and, ''The head office will provide for protection.'' Its officials have also visited shogi players in a desperate bit to get their support.
Along with the seven-year contract proposal, the Mainichi presented a letter, saying, ''We will continue to sponsor the Oshosen, along with the Meijinsen,'' tacitly indicating that the Mainichi will abandon the Oshosen if it cannot continue to sponsor the Meijinsen.
home.kyodo.co.jp /modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=263615   (686 words)

  
 Mainichi Interactive - Top News from the MDN
A government nuclear institute on Tuesday defended hot revelations that it had misappropriated 25 billion yen in taxpayers' money set aside for research and development.
Much of the money was used to cover the salaries of researchers who work for the institute on a contract basis, even though the costs should have been covered with funds set aside for personnel expenses.
Under the copyright law of Japan, use of all materials on this website, except for personal and noncommercial purposes, is prohibited without the express written permission of the Mainichi Newspapers Co. The copyright of the materials belongs to the Mainichi Newspapers Co. unless stated otherwise.
www.nci.org /j/jpu-mainichi4301.htm   (318 words)

  
 - Google News a quick hit in Japan, says NetRatings - Internet Business News
In second place was the Web site of the mass-market Asahi Shimbun at 13 percent, while in third place was the site of the racy Nikkan Sports newspaper at 8.5 percent.
Two major national dailies, the Mainichi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun, didn't appear in the rankings because they originally requested that their content be kept out of Google News.
The Mainichi Shimbun entered the service last week while the Yomiuri Shimbun, which is Japan's largest selling daily, has not yet requested inclusion in the service, said Kaori Saito, a spokeswoman from Google.
www.thestandard.com /article.php?story=20041027152329187   (435 words)

  
 newsbulletin0601
NSK board of directors member and Mainichi Shimbun President Masato Kitamura was named NSK chairman at an extraordinary NSK general assembly meeting on Dec. 14.
The Yomiuri Shimbun and the Sankei Shimbun led the way in such cooperation between national newspapers with exchange printing deals in the Chugoku and Shikoku areas.
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) and the Kobe Shimbun based in Hyogo Prefecture have signed an agreement for the Kobe Shimbun to print Nikkei’s issues for distribution in the prefecture.
www.pressnet.or.jp /newsb/0601b.html   (2255 words)

  
 Mainichi subscriber info leaks on Net via Share | The Japan Times Online
Although leaks caused by Share have been reported since January, the Mainichi case is the first major incident involving the program, said officials at Trend Micro, a major antivirus vendor.
Mainichi officials said the information was taken from a data base being used by an affiliate that was operating a readers' club called Mainichi Friend.
Mainichi officials quoted the employee as saying he never thought his PC was infected.
search.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/nn20060428a3.html   (425 words)

  
 Japan Media Review -- Going Paperless in Japan
Japan's No. 3 newspaper, Mainichi Shimbun, recently decided that its English-language edition was more trouble than it was worth.
The Mainichi newspaper is the flagship of a media empire that includes Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), Megaport Broadcasting (an interactive television service) and Sports Nippon, Japan?s largest sports newspaper.
In 1995, Mainichi was the first Japanese news organization to start a Web site, a move that sent its competitors scrambling to follow suit.
www.ojr.org /japan/media/1050371403.php   (986 words)

  
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The girl, who is currently in the custody of family court officials, is believed to have a morbid fixation with "Battle Royale," a hit book, film and manga that tells the story of junior high school classmates forced to kill each other until only one remains.
Mitarai, 45, chief of the Mainichi Shimbun Sasebo Bureau, was scheduled to speak to reporters Monday evening, but the lawyer and doctors prevented him from doing so.
Satomi was the daughter of Koji Mitarai, chief of the Mainichi Shimbun Sasebo Bureau.
www.battleroyalefilm.net /saseboarchive.html   (4720 words)

  
 Vague Constitution needs clarification
Richard A. Poole, a former U.S. Navy ensign involved in the drafting of Japan's Constitution, in a recent interview with the Mainichi Shimbun criticized those who propose that the fundamental law be revised simply because the occupation-era General Headquarters (GHQ) forced it on Japan.
At first, Gen. Douglas MacArthur intended to entrust the composition of the Constitution to Japanese writers, but the so-called Matsumoto proposal draft, which was printed in the Mainichi Shimbun, was seen to be a mere adjustment of the Meiji Constitution, and its contents were regarded as inadequate.
The Mainichi report contributed to the chain reaction that occurred after that.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55a/422.html   (1012 words)

  
 Article from the Mainichi Shimbun, "Constitutional Problems Investigation Committee Draft Proposal," February ...
However, the Mainichi Shimbun was critical of it stating that "It is too conservative and maintains the status" other newspapers were also critical of the government and the Matsumoto Committee.
The publication of this article in the Mainichi Shimbun was a turning point causing GHQ to give up on the Japanese government's independent efforts to revise the Constitution and to start its own work on drafting a Constitution.
Preview[Article from the Mainichi Shimbun, "Constitutional Problems Investigation Committee Draft Proposal," February 1, 1946]
www.ndl.go.jp /constitution/e/shiryo/03/070shoshi.html   (267 words)

  
 the 11th Mainichi Haiku Contest
The Mainichi Newspapers is inviting participation in the 11th Annual Mainichi Haiku Contest.
Other winners will be announced in the Mainichi Shimbun and Mainichi haiku publications, in January 2008.
Among the supporters of the contest are the Modern Haiku Association, the Association of Haiku Poets, the Association of Japanese Classical Haiku, the Japan Children's Haiku Association, the Haiku International Association, the National Committee for the Welfare of the Blind in Japan, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
mainichi-shuppan.com /concours/index-e.html   (539 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: JAPAN: Reporter fails to clear name over '72 scoop
Former Mainichi Shimbun journalist was convicted in 1978 after uncovering a secret pact between Japan and the United States
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday rejected a damages suit filed by a former Mainichi Shimbun reporter who argued his career was ruined by an illegal conviction stemming from his scoop of a secret pact by Japan and the United States over the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.
Takichi Nishiyama, 75, was seeking 33 million yen in compensation and an apology from the state, saying his report that Japan secretly shouldered $ 4 million in costs for Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule was backed up by the recent release of U.S. government documents and a retired Tokyo diplomat involved in the pact.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=66564   (663 words)

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