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The Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd. publishes daily broadsheet newspapers. It focuses on current events, weather, environmental issues, sports, education, travel, recreation, medical, entertainment, lifestyle, business, societal issues, finance, editorial, and world news. The company was founded on September 1, 1942 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.

Kyodo News provides domestic and international news. It engages in online news broadcasting. The firm also offers broadcast media, Japanese, English, Chinese language and print media services. The company was founded in November 1945 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.