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Kahoku Shimpō
Kahoku Shimpō (河北新報) is a daily newspaper which is published in Sendai, Japan. The paper has been in circulation since 1897. History and profileKahoku Shimpō was established in 1897.[1] It is a local paper based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.[1][2] The publisher is the Kahoku Shimpo Corporation.[3] As of 2014 Hideya Terashima was the editor of the daily[4] which is published in broadsheet format.[5] Kahoku Shimpō significantly contributed to the establishment of Tohoku Imperial University in 1907 through its articles on the importance of university education in the region.[1] From October 1945 to January 1947 the paper published Dazai Osamu's novel entitled Pandora no hako (Japanese: Pandora's Box) in sixty-four parts.[6] Following the 2011 earthquake the editing system of Kahoku Shimpō collapsed and story texts were sent to the Niigata Nippo newspaper.[7] The 1997 circulation of Kahoku Shimpō which has a liberal political leaning was about 500,000 copies.[1] In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 624,000 copies.[5] The morning edition of the paper had a circulation of 504,911 copies in 2007.[8] The same year the circulation of its evening edition was 107,552 copies.[8] References
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