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Sankei Shimbun (産経新聞 ^?) is a daily newspaper in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. (株式会社産業経済新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Sangyō Keizai Shinbunsha ^?). It has the sixth highest circulation for a newspaper in Japan, and is considered as one of the five "national" newspapers^[2]. Sankei Shimbun's name literally means "Industrial and Economic Newspaper".

On 1 October 2007, Sankei Shimbun's website and MSN Japan started a content partnership, MSN Sankei News^[3].

Corporate profile

Tokyo Sankei Building

Namba Sankei Building

The Sankei Shimbun is part of the Fujisankei Communications Group and is 40% owned by Fuji TV. The company is also the owner of Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka).

The Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.

• Puplishing newspapers: Sankei Shimbun, Sankei Sports, Yukan Fuji, Keiba Eight, etc.
• Tokyo Head Office: Tokyo Sankei Building, 7-2, Otemachi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
• Osaka Head Office: Namba Sankei Building, 1-57, Minatomachi Nichome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan

Nihonkogyo Shimbun Company Limited

• Name: Nihonkogyo Shimbun Company Limited (株式会社日本工業新聞社)
• Newspaper name: FujiSankei Business i (フジサンケイビジネスアイ)
• Tokyo Head Office: Tokyo Sankei Building, 7-2, Otemachi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
• Osaka Head Office: Namba Sankei Building, 1-57, Minatomachi Nichome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan

Famous corporate alumni

• Mino Monta - radio and television announcer
• Yoshiro Mori - former prime minister
• Ryōtarō Shiba - author

See also

• Japanese media

References

External links

• MSN産経ニュース (Japanese), MSN Sankei News, website in MSN Japan.
• 産経関西 (Japanese), Sankei Kansai, Sankei's Kansai edition.
• 産経新聞社 (Japanese), Sankei Shimbun corporate website.