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The Asahi Shimbun Corporate Report 2016 Corporate Report 2016- http://www.asahi.com/ Message from the President Osaka head office Delivering News That Enriches Lives Tokyo head office Seibu head office The Asahi Shimbun has been one of Japan’s leading newspapers to share issues with an ever broader range of people and thus Founded in 1879, The Asahi Shimbun has been one of the since its first issue was published in 1879. As an independent contribute to the development of solutions. We have also focused most popular daily newspapers in Japan. Drawing on reporting news organ, our mission is to contribute to lasting peace and to on enhancing our online profile. The Asahi Shimbun Digital is now the continuing development of democratic ideals. 20 years old, and we’ve recently developed a number of new ser- and delivery networks throughout Japan, the paper boasts a With offices in Japan and around the world, we employ over vices, including a news portal for smartphones. Our reporters also circulation of 6.6 million (as of February 2016). 2,000 reporters who gather and report the news in our pages on a deliver the latest news via social media. daily basis. Our paper has broken numerous stories of historical Another of our important roles is to fulfill our social responsibili- significance, including coverage of the Recruit scandal in the late ties by promoting sports, arts, culture, academic and scientific The Asahi Shimbun Credo 1980s, an event that sent shockwaves through Japan’s political achievements, and other areas; protecting the environment; and establishment and society at large and the coverage of which helping enhance health and wellbeing. We sponsor a national To contribute to Japan’s full maturation as a democratic stands as a signal achievement in media history. We continue to high school baseball tournament in the summer, a highly popular nation and to the achievement of world peace by holding to uphold this tradition. Our work has earned consistently high event in Japan, and the Fukuoka International Open Marathon freedom of speech based on an impartial, unbiased perspective Nagoya head office acclaim; for the three consecutive years leading to 2014 we Championship, among other events. We also support Japan’s received the award for outstanding reportage in Japan from The J-League soccer league. Further, every year we sponsor numer- To dedicate ourselves to the welfare of the people based on Contents Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association. Internationally, ous exhibitions, including the recent British Museum Exhibition: A the principles of justice and humanitarianism and to fight cor- 1 The Asahi Shimbun Credo we focus in particular on reporting on China, even breaking the History of the World in 100 Objects. By introducing exceptional 2 Message from the President ruption by eliminating all forms of wrongdoing and violence story that the country’s former leader Deng Xiaoping had died. artwork from Japan and overseas, I am proud to say we have 3 Company Profile Today, technological innovation and globalization continue to contributed to the ongoing development of culture in Japan. To report the truth fairly and quickly and to maintain both an 4 History change our lives at a dizzying pace, and society continues to The Asahi Shimbun will continue to evolve into a general media impartial and progressive outlook in our editorial commentary 5 Global Partnerships grow ever more complex. Conflicts have deepened in various company that provides information and services to enrich lives. 7 Various Media To nurture tolerance at all times and to maintain a sense regions of the world, while major social problems that transcend 9 Challenge for Innovation President and Chief Executive Officer of responsibility and dignity while encouraging vitality national borders continue to emerge. The Asahi Shimbun is rein- 10 Advertisements forcing its role as an open forum for speech that allows people of and freshness 11 Social Activities differing opinions to calmly assert their views. With the goal of 13 Culture and Sports (Established 1952) serving as a media organ that thinks and creates alongside its Masataka Watanabe 14 Environmental Awareness readers, we will pursue “solutions journalism,” whereby we work 1 2 Company Profile History Corporate Data 25/01/1879 First issue of The Asahi Shimbun is published in Osaka. 10/07/1888 The Asahi Shimbun Company Business Sales: Nonconsolidated ¥274,827 million First issue of Tokyo Asahi Shimbun is published. In Osaka, the paper is renamed “Osaka Asahi Shimbun.” 5-3-2 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8011 Japan Daily newspaper publishing Consolidated ¥420,069 million URL http://www.asahi.com/ and other activities (163rd fiscal year; April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016) 01/04/1907 Renowned writer Soseki Natsume joins the company and publishes Gubijinso (“The Poppy”), Sanshiro, Sorekara (“And Then”), and other novels in serialized form. He dies on December 9, 1916 at the age of 50 Paid-in capital and sales Employees (as of April 1, 2015) while publishing Meian (“Light and Dark”), also in serial form. Paid-in capital: Men: 3,785 The Asahi Shimbun ¥650 million (3.2 million shares) Women: 812 02/04/1922 Company owns one jet First issue of weekly magazine the “Shukan Asahi” is published. and four helicopters. Total: 4,597 26/02/1936 February 26th Incident. Tokyo Asahi Shimbun’s head office is vandalized as part of an attempted military coup. Group Companies and Related Organizations 10/04/1937 The Kamikaze-go aircraft breaks the record for Asia-Europe flight. b Newspapers, Publications, Web b Newspaper Advertising Inserts Asahi Satellite Broadcasting, Ltd. The Asahi Gakusei Shimbun Company ASAHI ORIKOMI, Inc. sky · A, Inc. 01/09/1940 Osaka Asahi Shimbun and Tokyo Asahi Shimbun are renamed “The Asahi Shimbun.” Asahi Shimbun Media Production b Printing The Nikkan Sports News b Related Organizations Asahi Printech Co., Ltd. ASAHI Shimbun Publications Inc. Forest Culture Association 07/11/1945 Accepting responsibility for not informing the public of the actual situation during the war, the paper’s presi- ASAHI INTERACTIVE, INC. b Real Estate The Association of KODOMONOKUNI dent and senior executives resign en masse. The Huffington Post Japan The Asahi Building Co., Ltd. Bellmark Foundation Asahi Shimbun America, Inc. Japan Cancer Society 01/09/1952 b The Asahi Shimbun Credo is established, consisting of four clauses that include a commitment to freedom Broadcasting The Asahi Shimbun Foundation b Advertising of speech. TV Asahi Corporation THE ASAHI SHIMBUN SOCIAL WELFARE ORG. Asahi Advertising, Inc. TV Asahi’s 24 network affiliate stations 01/01/1967 Special New Year’s editorials on peace in Vietnam are exchanged with five of the world’s leading newspapers. 05/02/1976 The story of the Lockheed scandal is broken, which develops into a corruption scandal of major proportions Overseas Reporting Network (5 General Bureaus, 34 Bureaus) involving former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. The Asahi Shimbun Company draws on news-gathering and reporting networks in Japan and overseas. We operate more than 320 offices, including 39 overseas bureaus. 03/05/1987 The Hanshin bureau is attacked, leaving one reporter dead and another gravely injured from gunshot wounds. The incident, along with an attack on a company dormitory in Nagoya, a shooting at the Tokyo head office, an attempted bombing of the Shizuoka bureau, and other incidents, is classified as Case No. 116 by the National Police Agency. 4 3 1 24/05/1988 First issue of the weekly magazine AERA is published. 8 2 6 9 18/06/1988 A story is broken regarding suspicious activity on the part of the deputy mayor of Kawasaki City in connection 5 29 34 16 26 36 with the transfer of shares of a Recruit-affiliated company; the scandal is investigated and reported as it 12 32 33 7 14 22 35 expands to involve Japan’s political, bureaucratic and business establishment, ultimately leading to the resig- 10 21 27 11 28 30 nation of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita. 39 15 24 31 17 20 22/08/1992 The story of a suspicious ¥500 million donation from Tokyo Sagawa Express to Shin Kanemaru, the vice presi- 23 18 dent of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is broken, leading to the collapse of one-party rule by the LDP. 19 10/08/1995 The online news site asahi.com is launched. 38 37 13 01/01/2001 25 The Press and Human Rights Committee is established for the investigation of reported human rights issues by outside committee members. 06/10/2008 1 European General 10 Middle Eastern and 17 Asian General 26 Chinese General 33 American General First issue of GLOBE is published, a new semi-monthly newspaper for reporting on global events. Bureau African General Bureau Bureau Bureau Bureau (London) (Cairo) (Bangkok) (Beijing) (Washington, D.C.) 21/09/2010 A story is broken on the alteration of documents seized as a part of the Postal Service fraud scandal by the 2 Paris Bureau 11 Jerusalem Bureau 18 Singapore Bureau 27 Shanghai Bureau 34 New York Bureau lead prosecutor of the Special Investigation Department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office. 3 Berlin Bureau 12 Teheran Bureau 19 Jakarta Bureau 28 Guangzhou Bureau 35 Los Angeles Bureau 4 Brussels Bureau 13 Johannesburg Bureau 20 Manila Bureau 29 Shenyang Bureau 36 San Francisco Bureau 11/03/2011 The Great East Japan Earthquake strikes. A lead editorial and special editorial feature are run advocating 5 Geneva Bureau 14 Baghdad Bureau 21 New Delhi Bureau 30 Taipei Bureau 37 Sao Paulo Bureau Japan to forego nuclear power in light of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. 6 Vienna Bureau 15 Dubai Bureau 22 Islamabad Bureau 31 Hong Kong Bureau 38 Rio de Janeiro Bureau 7 Rome Bureau 16 Istanbul Bureau Hanoi Bureau 32 Seoul Bureau 39 Havana Bureau 23 18/05/2011 First issue of The Asahi Shimbun Digital is published.
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