Yomiuri

Yomiuri is a Japanese media name best known for The Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Japan’s leading national newspapers and one of the largest by circulation worldwide. The newspaper was founded in 1874 and is published in Tokyo, with multiple editions including morning and evening papers. It operates an extensive domestic and international news network and maintains digital platforms for online news, information services, and opinion. The Yomiuri Shimbun is the flagship publication of the Yomiuri Group, a broad media conglomerate involved in various print, broadcast, and online ventures.

In sports, the name Yomiuri is closely associated with the Yomiuri Giants, a professional baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League. Based in Tokyo, the Giants were founded in 1934 as Tokyo Kyojin and were renamed Yomiuri Giants in 1947. They play their home games at the Tokyo Dome and are owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, reflecting the group’s strong ties to professional sports.

The Yomiuri Group also operates a range of related media entities, including news agencies, broadcasting operations, and digital services, serving audiences across Japan and beyond. The name Yomiuri thus denotes a major media umbrella in Japan, encompassing print journalism, sports franchises, and multimedia services under common ownership.