よみうりしんぶん
Yomiuri Shinbun
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | Campaign to eliminate criminal elements in Shinjuku's underworld (Yomiuri social affairs reporting) | — | Bungeishunjū | 受賞 |
| 1966 | Japan Newspaper Association Award | Series 'Price War' (campaign for price reductions) | — | Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Japan Newspaper Association Award | Project 'What to do about medical care' | — | Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Japan Newspaper Association Award | Sato-Eisaku and Nixon nuclear introduction scoop | — | Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Japan Newspaper Association Award | TEPCO OL murder case — alternative DNA reporting | — | Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Japan Newspaper Association Award | Scoop on opaque fund movements between Tokyo Olympic sponsors and the organizing committee | — | Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association | 受賞 |
A representative front-page column offering concise commentary on society, politics and culture; a long-running editorial feature.
A long-running advice column answering readers' questions; a characteristic participatory feature of the paper.
A four-panel comic by Masashi Ueda, long-serialized in the paper's morning edition and widely loved.
Founded in 1874, Yomiuri Shimbun is one of Japan's leading national newspapers. It has long maintained the nation's top morning circulation and is known for strong social-affairs reporting and diverse pages. It has also faced repeated criticisms and scandals over errors, fabrications and editorial stance; it remains a major influence on Japanese media, politics and business.
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Since its founding, it has been one of Japan's leading national newspapers, boasting the country's top morning circulation for many years.