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Nihon keizai shimbun (Japanese: “Japanese Economic Newspaper”)
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Nikkei

Japanese newspaper
Also known as: “Nippon keizai shimbun”
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Nikkei, Japan’s most widely respected daily business-oriented newspaper. It deals principally with commerce, industry, finance, government regulation of business, world trade, and economic news in general. The Nikkei 225 average is the main stock index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The newspaper has as its roots the ChĆ«gai bukka shimpƍ (“Domestic and Foreign Prices News”), established in 1876 to report on Meiji Japan’s massive economic development; in 1889 the name was changed to ChĆ«gai shƍgyƍ shimpƍ (“Domestic and Foreign Commercial News”). The newspaper acquired its present name in 1946.

Nikkei publishes two editions daily (mornings and afternoons) and has a combined print circulation of more than two million. Nikkei maintains dozens of editorial offices in major financial centers and world capitals. In 2015 Nikkei’s parent company purchased the FT Group, the holdings of which included the venerable British business newspaper Financial Times.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray.