読売新聞(よみうりしんぶん)

よみうりしんぶん
noun (proper)
the Yomiuri Shimbun (national daily newspaper)
proper-nounorganization-namemedia
1. the Yomiuri Shimbun
A Tokyo-based national daily newspaper with the largest circulation in Japan. Often called 読売(よみうり) for short. The same media group owns the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.
うちは読売新聞(よみうりしんぶん)を取(と)っている。
We take the Yomiuri at home.
父(ちち)は毎朝(まいあさ)読売新聞(よみうりしんぶん)を読(よ)む。
My father reads the Yomiuri Shimbun every morning.
According to a Yomiuri Shimbun poll, the cabinet's approval rating has fallen.

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  • 朝日新聞(あさひしんぶん), 毎日新聞(まいにちしんぶん), 日本経済新聞(にほんけいざいしんぶん): the other major national dailies
  • 読売(よみうり)ジャイアンツ: the baseball team owned by the same group, usually called 巨人(きょじん)