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Sankei shinbun産経新聞alternative words: Sankeishinbun, Sankei shinmbun, Sankeishimbun, Sankei, Sanke, Sankei newspaper keywords: newspaper related web sites: http://www.sankei.co.jp explanation: One of Japanese largest newspapers with 2 million copies. Founded in 1933 by Maeda Hisakichi in Osaka as a financial paper, "Nihon kogyo shinbun". During world war II, it merged with other financial papers in western Japan and became "Sangyo keizai shinbun". After extended its business to Tokyo, it became a general newspaper but not prosperous. In 1958, Mizuno Shigeo took over the management and transformed it to a great media group, "Fuji Sankei group" by allying with Fuji TV. | |