''Sekai Nippo'' (世界日報) is a

Japanese language is the principal language of the Japonic languages, Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese dia ...

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

. Its headquarters is in , Chuo-ku,

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

. The newspaper was first published on January 1, 1975. The daily newspaper is distributed in certain areas of the

Kanto region Japanese Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics. In Japan Kantō may refer to: *Kantō Plain *Kantō region * Kantō-kai, organized crime group * Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ''Pokém ...

and on the main island of

Okinawa most commonly refers to: * Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture * Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture * Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself * Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...

In the Okinawa Island, except for some locally printed newspapers, daily newspapers from the Tokyo headquarters, including this one, are transported by air and sold or delivered in the afternoon or later on the same day.. In addition to the daily newspaper, a nationwide weekly paper, Sunday Sekai Nippo, was launched in 1991. There is also a monthly publication called Viewpoint. Furthermore, in 2000, it became the first commercial comprehensive daily newspaper in Japan to launch an electronic newspaper service. The daily, weekly, and monthly editions are all available in digital format. Since October 1, 2023, the newspaper has ceased publication on Sundays and is now issued six days a week. Sekai Nippo, Sep. 1, 2023, Front page

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