Hokkaido Shimbun
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm) |
Owner(s) | The Hokkaido Shimbun Press |
Publisher | Ikuo Kikuchi |
Founded | January 20, 1887 |
Language | Japanese |
Headquarters | Sapporo |
Circulation |
Morning edition: 1,223,184 Evening edition: 673,410 (Japan ABC, average for January–June 2005) |
Website | www.hokkaido-np.co.jp |
The Hokkaido Shimbun (北海é“æ–°èž HokkaidÅ Shinbun), which is often abbreviated as Doshin (é“æ–° DÅshin), is a Japanese language daily newspaper published mainly in HokkaidÅ, Japan by The Hokkaido Shimbun Press (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾åŒ—æµ·é“æ–°èžç¤¾ Kabushiki-gaisha HokkaidÅ Shinbunsha). As of November 2006, its morning edition has a circulation of 1,208,175.[1] It was first published in Sapporo in 1887.
2015 Sexual harassment suicide
At a 2014 year-end party a part-time nurse at the paper was sexually harassed by two staff from the paper's general affairs department. Two months later she killed herself, after sending criticisms of the paper to 13 news organisations. The woman's family considered the paper to be responsible, and filed criminal complaints against the two staff.[2]
References
- ↑ According to the circulation report to Japan Audit Bureau of Circulations, on (Japanese) Hokkaido Shimbun's corporate profile.
- ↑ Kimura, Kayoko December 10, 2015 Sexual harassment at bÅnenkai, inept handling, a suicide Japan Times Retrieved December 11, 2015
External links
- Hokkaido Shimbun (Japanese)
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