Japan’s two largest newspapers and its biggest business paper said on Monday they would co-operate more closely on distribution and create a joint website to attract young internet users.
Japan has one of the highest rates of newspaper readership and the three dailies – the Yomiuri, the Asahi and the Nikkei – are each separate privately owned companies and have a combined circulation of 21m plus. The Yomiuri alone sells more than 10m copies, making it the world’s highest-circulation paper.
