The Japan Times

Type	Daily
Format	Broadsheet
Staff writers	Approx. 260
Founded	1897
Language	English
Headquarters	Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
Official website	www.japantimes.co.jp

The Japan Times is one of the few independent English language newspapers published in Japan: it mainly competes with English editions of the major dailies, such as the Daily Yomiuri and the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun.

• Motto: "All the News Without Fear or Favor", "The World's Window on Japan"
• Chairman: Toshiaki Ogasawara
• Capital: ¥476,437,000
• Business: Publishes The Japan Times, The Japan Times Weekly, Shukan ST bilingual weekly, books in English and Japanese; operates InterFM radio station, as well as a travel agency

Contents 1 History 2 Regular contributors 3 Former contributors 4 External links

[edit] History

• 1897: Inaugural issue of The Japan Times (March 22)
• 1918: Name changed to The Japan Times and Mail
• 1940: Name changed to The Japan Times and Advertiser
• 1943: Name changed to Nippon Times
• 1951: First Issue of The Student Times (now Weekly ST) weekly
• 1961: The Japan Times Weekly inaugurated
• 1966: Moves from Uchisaiwai-chō, Chiyoda-ku, to new building in Shibaura, Minato-ku
• 1983: Toshiaki Ogasawara becomes the 18th president
• 1987: Opens full-time editorial bureau in Osaka
• 1989: New Japan Times-Nifco Building completed
• 1996: InterFM radio station was inaugurated
• 1997: The Japan Times celebrates its centenary
• 2006: Yukiko Ogasawara becomes the 19th president
• 2007: Price raised from 150 yen to 180 yen (1 October)

[edit] Regular contributors

• Debito Arudou
• Philip Brasor
• Sir Hugh Cortazzi
• Monty DiPietro
• Donald Richie
• Mark Schilling
• Peter Vescey
• Marius Gombrich

[edit] Former contributors

• C.B. Liddell
• Don Maloney (author)
• Edward Seidensticker
• Fred Varcoe

[edit] External links

• The Japan Times Online