Paid Circulation of Daily Newspapers in Japan
The below shows circulation data for daily newspapers in Japan from 2000 to 2013. In 2013, the total paid circulation of daily newspapers was 47 million copies, down from 53 million copies in 2000.
It does not mean people have come to not read news, as you know. Some are switching their news media from newspapers to the internet.
Year | Total | general newspaper | sports newspaper | subscribe both of morning edition and evening edition | subscribe morning edition only | subscribe evening edition only | per house-hold |
2000 | 53,708,831 | 47,401,669 | 6,307,162 | 18,187,498 | 33,702,727 | 1,818,606 | 1.13 |
2001 | 53,680,753 | 47,559,052 | 6,121,701 | 18,013,395 | 33,862,600 | 1,804,758 | 1.12 |
2002 | 53,198,444 | 47,390,027 | 5,808,417 | 17,616,627 | 33,900,896 | 1,680,921 | 1.09 |
2003 | 52,874,959 | 47,282,645 | 5,592,314 | 17,464,928 | 33,781,260 | 1,628,771 | 1.07 |
2004 | 53,021,564 | 47,469,987 | 5,551,577 | 17,341,993 | 34,066,442 | 1,613,129 | 1.06 |
2005 | 52,568,032 | 47,189,832 | 5,378,200 | 17,111,533 | 33,927,821 | 1,528,678 | 1.04 |
2006 | 52,310,478 | 47,056,527 | 5,253,951 | 16,789,314 | 34,047,660 | 1,473,504 | 1.02 |
2007 | 52,028,671 | 46,963,136 | 5,065,535 | 16,408,728 | 34,174,558 | 1,445,385 | 1.01 |
2008 | 51,491,409 | 46,563,681 | 4,927,728 | 15,715,332 | 34,403,818 | 1,372,259 | 0.98 |
2009 | 50,352,831 | 45,659,885 | 4,692,946 | 14,727,162 | 34,399,779 | 1,225,890 | 0.95 |
2010 | 49,321,840 | 44,906,720 | 4,415,120 | 13,877,495 | 34,259,015 | 1,185,330 | 0.92 |
2011 | 48,345,304 | 44,091,335 | 4,253,969 | 13,235,658 | 33,975,622 | 1,134,024 | 0.90 |
2012 | 47,777,913 | 43,723,161 | 4,054,752 | 12,876,612 | 33,827,147 | 1,074,154 | 0.88 |
2013 | 46,999,468 | 43,126,352 | 3,873,116 | 12,396,510 | 33,552,159 | 1,050,799 | 0.86 |
Source is Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (NSK), The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association.
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