Sports Nippon (スポーツニッポン, Supōtsu Nippon), also known as Sponichi (スポニチ, Suponichi), is the first Japanese daily sports newspaper, having been founded in 1948. In a 1997 report it was called one of the "Big Three" sports papers in Japan, out of a field of 17 sports dailies.[1]
It is an affiliate newspaper of the Mainichi Shimbun.
See also
References
- ^ Cooper-Chen, Anne (1997). Mass communication in Japan. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. p. 55-56. ISBN 9780813827100.
External links
- (in Japanese) Official website