Mainichi Shimbun

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<tr><th>Publisher</th><td>Masato Kitamura</td></tr> <tr><th>Language</th><td>Japanese</td></tr><tr><th>Price</th><td>Morning edition: 130 Yen/copy
Evening edition: 50 Yen/copy
Subscription: 3,925 Yen/month (Morning and evening edition)</td></tr> <tr><th>Circulation</th><td>Morning edition: 3,945,646
Evening edition: 1,610,293 (ABC Japan, average for July-December 2005)</td></tr>

The Mainichi Shimbun
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)

Owner	The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
Founded	February 21, 1872
Headquarters	Tokyo

Website: www.mainichi.co.jp

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The Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞, Mainichi Shinbun^?, lit. "Daily News") is one of the largest newspapers in Japan, published by The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd (株式会社毎日新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Mainichi Shinbunsha^?).

The newspaper was formed by the merger of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, both of which were founded in the Meiji period. The merger occurred in 1911 but the two companies continued to print their newspapers independently until 1943, when both editions were placed under a Mainichi Shimbun masthead.

In 1966 the Tokyo office was moved from Yurakucho to Takebashi, and in 1992 the Osaka office was moved from Dojima to Nishi-Umeda.

In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun, which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language Web version of the defunct Mainichi Daily News, and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, Sunday Mainichi.

Like other Japanese newspaper companies, Mainichi hosts many cultural events such as art exhibitions and sporting events. Among them, the most famous are the Sembatsu high school baseball tournament held every spring at Koshien Stadium, and the non-professional baseball tournament held every summer in the Tokyo Dome (formerly held in Korakuen Stadium).