朝日新聞(あさひしんぶん)

あさひしんぶん
noun
Asahi Shimbun, national daily newspaper
proper-nounorganization-namemedia
1. Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
One of Japan's major national daily newspapers, founded in Osaka in 1879 and now published from Tokyo and Osaka. It is generally regarded as center-left.
父(ちち)は毎朝(まいあさ)朝日新聞(あさひしんぶん)を読(よ)んでいる。
My father reads the Asahi Shimbun every morning.
その記事(きじ)は朝日新聞(あさひしんぶん)の一面(いちめん)に載(の)った。
The article ran on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun.
朝日新聞(あさひしんぶん)と読売新聞(よみうりしんぶん)では、同(おな)じ出来事(できごと)でも扱(あつか)い方(かた)がかなり違(ちが)う。
The Asahi and the Yomiuri often treat the same event quite differently.

Often shortened to 朝日(あさひ): 朝日(あさひ)の社説(しゃせつ) (the Asahi's editorial). Not to be confused with the brewer アサヒ (Asahi Breweries) or the broadcaster テレビ朝日(あさひ), which is part of the same media group.

Common expressions

  • 朝日新聞(あさひしんぶん)の社説(しゃせつ): an Asahi editorial
  • 天声人語(てんせいじんご): the paper's front-page column, long used as reading practice for entrance exams

Related words

  • 読売新聞(よみうりしんぶん): Yomiuri Shimbun, the largest national daily, generally regarded as conservative
  • 新聞(しんぶん): newspaper

Related Words

Related: 読売新聞(よみうりしんぶん) (the Yomiuri Shimbun (national daily newspaper))
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