Headquarters of Chugoku Shimbun in
Hiroshima.
The is a
Japanese
local daily newspaper
based in Hiroshima. It serves the Chūgoku
region
of Japan with a market share in Hiroshima
, Yamaguchi
, Shimane
, and Okayama Prefectures
. The newspaper publishes morning paper and
evening editions. The morning paper has a daily circulation of
717,589. And the evening paper has a daily circulation of
75,337.
History
"The Daily Chugoku" was established on
May 5,
1892 in Hiroshima and was founded by its
editor, Saburo Yamamoto.The newspaper changed its name to "The
Chugoku Shimbun" in 1908.The Chugoku Shimbun lost 113 employees and
the building and equipment were completely destroyed by the
A-Bomb on
August 6,
1945.They had restarted publishing on
August 9 by asking other newspapers help.
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