Kyoto Shimbun was founded in 1879 as the Kyoto Shoji Jimpo. As the voice
of the local community, deeply rooted in local traditions,the Kyoto Shimbun
has devoted itself, for upwards of a century, to the developement of the K
yoto and Shiga communities.Company policy, to uphold "justice, freedom and
truth" has sustained the Kyoto Shimbun throughout many years of reporting
and lively discussion. According to a survey carried out in 1999,
the morning edition of the newspaper runs to 507,000 copies and the
evening edition to 321,000. In the newspaper's home town of Kyoto, the
circulation rate is over 50%.
While the Kyoto Shimbun focuses closely on what is happening in the local
community, it aimes also to offer a more global point of view. In addition
to a section on news of particular relevance to Kyoto citizens, the news-
paper also includes no fewer than nine supplementary local news sections
so that it can offer readers accurate and detailed coverage of the most
up-to-date news on matters of local interest. For international news and
news about the rest of Japan apart from Kyoto and Shiga, the Kyoto
Shimbun's readers depend upon the newspaper's sharp and to-the-point
reports which make use of the first rate reporting facilities and
communication network of the Kyodo News Service.
Kyoto, which became Japan's capital in 794, a position which she did not
relinquish for over 1000 years, is an area rich in Japan's splendid
heritage of culture and tradition. In addition, the location of famous
universities and high technology industries in the region is symbolic
of Kyoto's place in giving birth to new fields of academic endeavor and
frontier technology.
The Kyoto Shimbun, which has its head office in this treasure store of
traditional culture, organizes a wide range of cultural events including art
exhibitions, lectures and seminars. The Kyoto Shimbun also helps to encourage
local sport by organizing school baseball competitions and Inter-prefectural
Women's Ekiden, which have led to a nationwide boom in such events.
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