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59-468: The Asahi Prize ( 朝日賞 , Asahi Shō ) , established in 1929, is an award presented by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun Foundation to honor individuals and groups that have made outstanding accomplishments in the fields of arts and academics and have greatly contributed to the development and progress of Japanese culture and society at large. The Asahi Prize was created to celebrate

118-599: A circulation of approximately 3,000 copies. The three founding officers of a staff of twenty were Kimura Noboru (company president), Murayama Ryōhei  [ ja ] (owner), and Tsuda Tei (managing editor). The company's first premises were at Minami-dōri, Edobori in Osaka. On 13 September of the same year, Asahi printed its first editorial. In 1881, the Asahi adopted an all-news format, and enlisted Ueno Riichi as co-owner. From 1882, Asahi began to receive financial support from

177-562: A copy of the firsthand account of the disaster given by Masao Yoshida , who was the manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant when the triple meltdown occurred; the testimony, recorded by government investigators, had been kept hidden from public view. In the testimony, Yoshida said that 90% of the plant's employees had left the plant at the height of the crisis despite him having given instructions for them to remain. He also testified that he believed his instructions had simply not reached

236-501: A coral reef near Okinawa was defaced by "すさんだ心根の日本人" (a man with a Japanese dissolute mind). It later turned to be a report in which the reporter himself defaced the coral reef. This incident was called ja:朝日新聞珊瑚記事捏造事件 (the Asahi Shimbun coral article hoax incident ). , and the president resigned to take responsibility for it. On 26 June 2007, Yoichi Funabashi was named the third editor-in-chief of Asahi Shimbun . Shōichi Ueno ,

295-399: A daily newspaper onto one page. Shukusatsuban are geared towards libraries and archives, and are usually organized and released by month. These resources are available at many leading research universities throughout the world (usually universities with reputable Japanese studies programs). The Asahi Shimbun has a CD-ROM database consisting of an index of headlines and sub-headlines from

354-428: A lasting contribution to Japanese culture or society. Reproductions of past issues of the Asahi Shimbun are available in three major forms; as CD-ROMs , as microfilm , and as shukusatsuban (縮刷版, literally, "reduced-sized print editions"). Shukusatsuban is a technology popularized by Asahi Shimbun in the 1930s as a way to compress and archive newspapers by reducing the size of the print to fit multiple pages of

413-528: A long tradition of reporting on big political scandals more often than its conservative counterparts. The paper is considered a newspaper of record in Japan. The Asahi Shimbun is critical of right-wing Japanese nationalism and shows progressive tendencies in cultural and diplomatic issues, but has a neoliberal tendency economically. The latter contrasts with Mainichi Shimbun ' s relatively Keynesian economic viewpoint. However, in general evaluation,

472-508: A single unified corporation, Asahi Shimbun Gōshi Kaisha , with a capitalization of approximately 600,000 yen. In 1918, because of its critical stance towards Terauchi Masatake 's cabinet during the Rice Riots , government authorities suppressed an article in the Osaka Asahi , leading to a softening of its liberal views, and the resignation of many of its staff reporters in protest. Indeed,

531-491: A son of ultranationalistic politician Sassa Tomofusa, joined hands with far-right generals (they were called Kōdōha or Imperial Way Faction ) and terrorists who had assassinated Junnosuke Inoue (ex–Minister of Finance), Baron Dan Takuma (chairman of the board of directors of the Mitsui zaibatsu ) and Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi to support Konoe. In 1944, they attempted assassination of Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō (one of

590-525: A worse disaster at the plant. Japanese journalist Ryusho Kadota, who have previously interviewed Yoshida and plant workers, was one of the first to criticize the Asahi for mischaracterizing the evacuation. The Asahi at first defended its story, demanding that Kadota's publisher apologize and issue a correction. However, in August, the Yomiuri Shimbun , Sankei Shimbun , Kyodo News and NHK all acquired

649-537: Is a media conglomerate with its registered headquarters in Osaka . It is a privately held family business with ownership and control remaining with the founding Murayama and Ueno families. According to the Reuters Institute Digital Report 2018, public trust in the Asahi Shimbun is the lowest among Japan's major dailies, though confidence is declining in all the major newspapers. The Asahi Shimbun

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708-673: Is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia , and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and 1.33 million for its evening edition as of July 2021, was second behind that of the Yomiuri Shimbun . By print circulation, it is the second largest newspaper in the world behind the Yomiuri , though its digital size trails that of many global newspapers including The New York Times . Its publisher, The Asahi Shimbun Company,

767-522: Is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan along with the Yomiuri Shimbun , the Mainichi Shimbun , the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Chunichi Shimbun . One of Japan's oldest and largest national daily newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun began publication in Osaka on 25 January 1879 as a small-print, four-page illustrated paper that sold for one sen (a hundredth of a yen) a copy, and had

826-508: The Asahi , Tadakazu Kimura, a supporter of the investigative section, resigned to take responsibility. The reporters and editors responsible for the story were punished, and the Special Reports Section reduced in size, with many of its members reassigned elsewhere in the paper. Two of the top reporters later quit to found a non-profit journalism organization that is one of the first in Japan dedicated to investigative journalism,

885-516: The Asahi Shimbun printed since August 1984 are available through Lexis-Nexis Academic. Asahi Shimbun was the official supporter for several Asian Football Confederation 's competitions, most recently the 2019 AFC Asian Cup . They used to support both of AFC's club competitions; the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup until 2018 season. They were official sponsors of the 2002 FIFA World Cup . Terauchi Masatake Terauchi Masatake

944-483: The Asahi Shimbun seems to have a tone representing Japanese social-liberals (left-liberals). The Asahi has called for upholding of Japan's postwar Constitution and particularly Article 9 , which bars the use of war to resolve disputes. The newspaper has also opposed changes in interpretation of the anti-war provision, including one made in 2014 that allowed the Japan Self-Defense Forces to come to

1003-738: The Boshin War against the Tokugawa shogunate from 1867, most notably at the Battle of Hakodate . After the victory at Hakodate, he travelled to Kyoto , where he joined the Ministry of War and was drilled by French instructors in Western weaponry and tactics. He became a member of Emperor Meiji 's personal guard in 1870 and travelled with the Emperor to Tokyo . He left military service in 1871 to pursue language studies, but

1062-730: The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff . With the start of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Terauchi was appointed Secretary of Transportation and Communication for the Imperial General Headquarters , which made him responsible for all movement of troops and supplies during the war. In 1896, he was assigned command of the IJA 3rd Infantry Brigade. In 1898, he was promoted to become the first Inspector General of Military Training , which he made one of

1121-893: The Imperial Japanese Navy to the South Pacific , Indian Ocean and Mediterranean , and seizing control of German colonies in Qingdao and the Pacific Ocean . After the war, Japan joined the Allies in the Siberian Intervention (whereby Japan sent troops into Siberia in support of White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army in the Russian Revolution ). In September 1918, Terauchi resigned his office, due to

1180-849: The Nishihara Loans (made to support the Chinese warlord Duan Qirui in exchange for confirmation of Japanese claims to parts of Shandong Province and increased rights in Manchuria ) and the Lansing–Ishii Agreement (recognizing Japan's special rights in China). Terauchi upheld Japan's obligations to the United Kingdom under the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in World War I , dispatching ships from

1239-536: The Tokyo Asahi Shimbun unified their names into the Asahi Shimbun . On 1 January 1943, the publication of the Asahi Shimbun was stopped by the government after the newspaper published a critical essay contributed by Seigō Nakano , who was also one of the leading members of the Genyōsha and Ogata's best friend. On 27 December 1943, Nagataka Murayama  [ ja ] , a son-in-law of Murayama Ryōhei and

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1298-696: The rice riots that had spread throughout Japan due to inflation ; he died the following year. His decorations included the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class) and Order of the Golden Kite (1st Class). The billiken doll, which was a Kewpie -like fad toy invented in 1908 and was very popular in Japan, lent its name to the Terauchi administration, partly due to the doll's uncanny resemblance to Count Terauchi's bald head. Terauchi's eldest son, Count Terauchi Hisaichi ,

1357-562: The $ 12 million figure in Anderson's book is roughly equivalent to $ 373.1 million in 2023. In June 1916, Terauchi he received his promotion to the largely ceremonial rank of Gensui (or Field Marshal ). In October, he became Prime Minister, and concurrently held the cabinet posts of Foreign Minister and Finance Minister . His cabinet consisted solely of career bureaucrats as he distrusted career civilian politicians. During his tenure, Terauchi pursued an aggressive foreign policy. He oversaw

1416-415: The 50th anniversary of the foundation of Asahi Shimbun . It is recognized today as one of the most authoritative private awards. Past prize winners include the following. Asahi Shimbun The Asahi Shimbun ( 朝日 新聞 , IPA: [asaçi ɕiꜜmbɯɴ] , lit.   ' morning sun newspaper ' , English: Asahi News ) is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan . Founded in 1879, it

1475-559: The Editor in Chief of Asahi Shimbun . Influential editorial writers of Asahi such as Shintarō Ryū, Hiroo Sassa, and Hotsumi Ozaki (an informant for the famous spy Richard Sorge ) were the center members of the Shōwa Kenkyūkai , which was a political think tank for Konoe. Ogata was one of the leading members of the Genyōsha which had been formed in 1881 by Tōyama Mitsuru . The Genyōsha

1534-491: The Emperor and as proconsul had wide-ranging powers ranging from legislative, administrative, and judicial to effect changes and reforms. The annexation of Korea by Japan and subsequent policies introduced by the new government was highly unpopular with the majority of the Korean population, and Terauchi (who concurrently maintained his position as Army Minister) employed military force to maintain control. However, he preferred to use

1593-668: The Government and Mitsui , and hardened the management base. Then, under the leadership of Ueno, whose brother was one of the Mitsui managers, and Murayama, the Asahi began its steady ascent to national prominence. On 10 July 1888, the first issue of the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun was published from the Tokyo office at Motosukiyachō, Kyōbashi. The first issue was numbered No. 1,076 as it was a continuation of three small papers: Jiyū no Tomoshibi , Tomoshibi Shimbun and Mesamashi Shimbun . On 1 April 1907,

1652-640: The President of Asahi , removed Ogata from the Editor in Chief and relegated him to the Vice President to hold absolute power in Asahi . On 22 July 1944, Ogata, Vice President of Asahi , became a Minister without Portfolio and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in Kuniaki Koiso 's cabinet. On 7 April 1945, Hiroshi Shimomura , former Vice President of Asahi , became the Minister without Portfolio and

1711-653: The President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in Kantarō Suzuki 's cabinet. On 17 August 1945, Ogata became the Minister without Portfolio and the Chief Cabinet Secretary and the President of Cabinet Intelligence Agency in Prince Higashikuni 's cabinet. On 5 November 1945, as a way of assuming responsibility for compromising the newspaper's principles during the war, the Asahi Shimbun's president and senior executives resigned en masse. On 21 November 1946,

1770-621: The Waseda Chronicle (name changed to Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa in March 2021). The Asahi's investigative section was told to avoid coverage of the Fukushima disaster, and has largely faded from view. In the evening edition of April 20, 1989, an article described how the world's largest Azami coral in a sea area designated as a natural environment conservation area in Okinawa was damaged, with

1829-422: The aid of an ally under attack—the so-called right of collective self-defense. While the Asahi retracted articles based on the discredited testimony of Seiji Yoshida , its editorial position still recognizes the existence of the comfort women as Korean and other women from Japan's conquered territories during World War II who were coerced into prostitution to serve the Japanese military. In August 2014,

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1888-670: The assassination of former Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi in Harbin by a Korean nationalist, An Jung-geun in October 1909, Terauchi was appointed to replace Sone Arasuke as the third and last Japanese Resident-General of Korea in May 1910. As Resident-General, he executed the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty in August of the same year, and he thus became the first Japanese Governor-General of Korea . In this position, he reported directly to

1947-424: The deep historical and cultural ties between Korea and Japan as justification for the eventual goal of complete assimilation of Korea into the Japanese mainstream. To this end, thousands of schools were built across Korea. Although this contributed greatly to an increase in literacy and the educational standard, the curriculum was centered on Japanese language and Japanese history , with the intent of assimilation of

2006-538: The disaster. In response, the Asahi strengthened its investigative reporting unit, called the Tokubetsu Hodobu, or Special Reports Section, to take a more independent approach to its coverage. The section won many awards, including the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association Award in 2012 and again in 2013. In May 2014, the section published what it hoped would be its biggest scoop yet:

2065-413: The employees in the chaos of the disaster. However, controversy erupted over the Asahi story, and particularly the headline, which stated: “Workers Evacuated, Violating Plant Manager Orders." The newspaper came under intense criticism for slandering the workers by implying that they had fled the plant due to cowardice, when many in Japan had come to see Yoshida and plant workers as heroes who had prevented

2124-494: The government and sold to Japanese developers. In recognition of his work in Korea, his title was raised to that of hakushaku ( count ) in 1911. Isabel Anderson , who visited Korea and met Count Terauchi in 1912, wrote as follows: The Japanese Governor-General, Count Terauchi, is a very strong and able man, and under his administration many improvements have been made in Korea. This has not always been done without friction between

2183-415: The initial "KY" scratched on the coral. Along with a color photograph of the scratched coral, the article lamented the decline in Japanese morals. Later, investigations by local divers who had doubts about the article proved that the Asahi photographer himself made the scratches to forge a newspaper article. Taking responsibility, the president (at that time) Toichiro Hitotsuyanagi was forced to resign. This

2242-723: The leaders of Tōseiha or Control Group which conflicted with Kōdōha in the Japanese Army ). On 9 April 1937, the Kamikaze , a Mitsubishi aircraft sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun company and flown by Masaaki Iinuma, arrived in London , to the astonishment of the Western world . It was the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. On 1 September 1940, the Osaka Asahi Shimbun and

2301-553: The natives and their conquerors, it must be confessed, but the results are certainly astonishing. The government has been reorganized, courts have been established, the laws have been revised, trade conditions have been improved and commerce has increased. Agriculture has been encouraged by the opening of experiment stations, railroads have been constructed from the interior to the sea-coast, and harbours have been dredged and lighthouses erected. Japanese expenditures in Korea have amounted to twelve million dollars yearly. For reference,

2360-472: The newspaper adopted the modern kana usage system ( shin kanazukai ). On 30 November 1949, the Asahi Shimbun started to publish the serialized cartoon strip Sazae-san by Machiko Hasegawa. This was a landmark cartoon in Japan's postwar era. Between 1954 and 1971, Asahi Shimbun published a glossy, large-format annual in English entitled This is Japan . Between April and May 1989, the paper reported that

2419-442: The newspaper retracted the discredited testimonies of Seiji Yoshida about the forcible recruitment of comfort women that were cited in several articles published by the Asahi and other major Japanese newspapers in the 1980s and 1990s. The paper drew ire from conservative media who, along with Abe's government, criticized it for damaging Japan's reputation abroad, some leveraging on this episode to imply that sexual slavery itself

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2478-635: The newspaper's co-owner since 1997, died on 29 February 2016. While Shin-ichi Hakojima was CEO, a partnership with the International Herald Tribune led to the publication of an English-language newspaper, the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun . It continued from April 2001 until February 2011. It replaced Asahi's previous English-language daily, the Asahi Evening News . In 2010, this partnership

2537-558: The newspaper's liberal position led to its vandalization during the February 26 Incident of 1936, as well as repeated attacks from ultranationalists throughout this period (and for that matter, throughout its history). From the latter half of the 1930s, Asahi ardently supported Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe 's wartime government (called Konoe Shin Taisei , or Konoe's New Political Order) and criticized capitalism harshly under Taketora Ogata ,

2596-598: The populace into loyal subjects of the Japanese Empire . Other of Terauchi's policies also had noble goals but unforeseen consequences . For example, land reform was desperately needed in Korea. The Korean land ownership system was a complex system of absentee landlords, partial owner-tenants, and cultivators with traditional but without legal proof of ownership. Terauchi's new Land Survey Bureau conducted cadastral surveys that reestablished ownership by basis of written proof (deeds, titles, and similar documents). Ownership

2655-432: The poverty and patriarchal family system. For that reason, even if the military was not directly involved, it is said it was possible to gather many women through such methods as work-related scams and human trafficking." Following the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster , the Asahi and other newspapers faced growing public criticism for adhering too closely to the government narrative during their reporting of

2714-412: The renowned writer Natsume Sōseki , then 41, resigned his teaching positions at Tokyo Imperial University, now Tokyo University , to join the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun . This was soon after the publication of his novels Wagahai wa Neko de Aru ( I Am a Cat ) and Botchan , which made him the center of literary attention. On 1 October 1908, Osaka Asahi Shimbun and Tokyo Asahi Shimbun were merged into

2773-474: The same testimony, apparently from the government, and used it not to shed light on the disaster, but to attack the Asahi . In mid-September, facing intense criticism from other media and the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for its Fukushima coverage and also its retractions of the comfort women stories, the Asahi suddenly announced that the Yoshida story had been mistaken and retracted it. The president of

2832-527: The three highest positions in the army. In 1900, he became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, and went to China to personally oversee Japanese force during the Boxer Rebellion Terauchi was appointed as Minister of the Army in 1901, during the first Katsura administration . The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) occurred during his term in office. After the Japanese victory in the war, he was ennobled with

2891-502: The title of danshaku ( baron ) in the kazoku peerage. He was also made a chairman of the South Manchurian Railway Company in 1906.In 1907, in recognition of the four wars he had served in, his peerage title was elevated to that of shishaku ( viscount ), He continued in office as Army Minister under the first Saionji administration and the second Katsura administration from July 1908 to August 1911. Following

2950-577: The years 1945–1999. A much more expensive full-text searchable database is available only at the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University , which notably includes advertisements in its index. Researchers using other university libraries would probably have to first use the CD-ROM index, and then look into the microfilm or shukusatsuban versions. Microfilm versions are available from 1888; shukusatsuban versions are available from 1931. Issues of

3009-593: Was a fabrication. The Asahi newspaper reaffirmed in its retracting article that "the fact that women were coerced into being sexual partners for Japanese soldiers cannot be erased" but also confirmed "No official documents were found that directly showed forcible taking away by the military on the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, where the people living there were made 'subjects' of the Japanese Empire under Japanese colonial rule. Prostitution agents were prevalent due to

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3068-452: Was also known as the KY case. On 27 September 1950, a solo interview with a Japanese Communist Party executive in hiding, Ritsu Ito, was posted. Later it was revealed that this was forged by the Asahi reporter in charge. The Asahi Shimbun Asia Network (AAN) is a think tank that aims to promote information exchange in Asia and provide opportunities for scholars, researchers and journalists to share their ideas on pressing themes in Asia. It

3127-578: Was an ultranationalist group of organized crime figures and those with far right-wing political beliefs. Kōki Hirota , who was later hanged as a Class A war criminal, was also a leading member of the Genyōsha and one of Ogata's best friends. Hirota was the chairman of Tōyama's funeral committee, and Ogata was the vice-chairman. Ryū, who had been a Marxist economist of the Ōhara Institute for Social Research before he entered Asahi , advocated centrally planned economies in his Nihon Keizai no Saihensei (Reorganization of Japanese Economies. 1939). And Sassa,

3186-399: Was born in Hirai Village, Suo Province (present-day Yamaguchi city , Yamaguchi Prefecture ), and was the third son of Utada Masasuke, a samurai in the service of Chōshū Domain . He was later adopted by a relative on his mother's side of the family, Terauchi Kanuemon, and changed his family name to "Terauchi". As a youth, he was a member of the Kiheitai militia from 1864, and fought in

3245-459: Was denied to those who could not provide such written documentation (mostly lower class and partial owners, who had only traditional verbal "cultivator rights"). Although the plan succeeded in reforming land ownership/taxation structures, it added tremendously to Korean hostility, bitterness, and resentment towards Japanese administration by enabling a huge amount of Korean land (roughly 2/3 of all privately owned lands by some estimates) to be seized by

3304-443: Was dissolved due to unprofitability and the Asahi Shimbun now operates the Asia & Japan Watch online portal for English readers. The Tribune (now known as The International New York Times ) cooperates with Asahi on Aera English , a glossy magazine for English learners. Former Former The Asahi Shimbun is considered left-leaning and has been called "the intellectual flagship of Japan's political left," with

3363-419: Was established in 1999. Their work includes annual international symposia and the publication of research reports. In 2003, Gong Ro Myung was chosen as the new president of AAN. Symposia have included: Reports include such titles as: Established in 1929, the Asahi Prize is a prize awarded by the newspaper, since 1992 by the Asahi Shimbun Foundation, for achievements in scholarship or the arts that has made

3422-487: Was recalled with the formation the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army in 1871 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant after attending the Army's Toyama School. He was appointed to the staff of the new Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1873. he fought in the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877 and was injured and lost his right hand during the Battle of Tabaruzaka . His physical disability did not prove to be an impediment to his future military and political career. In 1882, he

3481-423: Was sent to France as aide-de-camp to Prince Kan'in Kotohito and was appointed a military attaché the following year. He remained in France for studies until 1886. On his return to Japan, he was appointed deputy secretary to the Minister of the Army. In 1887, he became commandant of the Army Academy. In 1891, he was chief of staff to the IJA 1st Division and in 1892 was Chief of the First Bureau (Operations) of

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