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Japan’s newspapers hold grip on sales

By Robin Harding in Tokyo

Published: November 27 2009 23:04 | Last updated: November 27 2009 23:04

Japan’s newspapers, which are among the world’s largest by circulation, will not decline as fast as their crisis-hit counterparts in the US and Europe, the president of the Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s second-largest newspaper, said in an interview with the Financial Times.

Much of their resilience stems from their unique distribution system.

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