Nikkei
The Nikkei, formally Nihon Keizai Shimbun, is Japan's leading business and financial daily, published in Japanese from Tokyo. It specializes in economic, corporate, and market news for business professionals and investors and is the publisher behind the Nikkei stock index. It is among the most influential business newspapers globally.
Nikkei at a glance
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- East Asia · Asia
- Kind of outlet
- Business daily
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1876
- Owner
- Nikkei Inc.
- Published from
- Tokyo
- Website
- nikkei.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Nikkei
Crosswire groups Nikkei as Centrist for comparisons within Japan's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Japan, Asahi Shimbun is listed as Left-leaning, while Yomiuri Shimbun and Sankei Shimbun are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Nikkei beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Nikkei sits in Japan's press
Nikkei was founded in 1876, is published from Tokyo and is owned by Nikkei Inc.. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Japan and the only business daily tracked there. By outlets tracked, Japan ranks second of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.
Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 4 of the 30 business dailies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Nikkei outside Japan, starting with East Asia, are The Business Standard (Bangladesh), Daily FT (Sri Lanka) and The Business Times (Singapore). Opening one of them beside Nikkei is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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