Download Yomiuri Shimbun Logo – The Yomiuri Shimbun is a regular Japanese consisting of three corporations : Corporation Yomiuri Shimbun of Tokyo , Yomiuri Shimbun Corporation of Osaka and Yomiuri Shimbun Corporation West with offices in Fukuoka . Founded on November 2 of 1874 , currently has six main offices in Japan and distributed an information network with 352 informative positions in Japan and 34 in the world. It has 29 presses and is considered the best example as business newspaper in Japan.
With a circulation of over one million copies, is the most widely distributed newspaper in the world today ( January of 2007 ). Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest circulation daily newspaper by circulation of 14,323,781 copies morning and evening editions accounting in 2002 . The circulation of the second half of 2006 was 10,030,000 copies average according to public statements. It is estimated that a substantial portion of about 8 million copies are subscriptions.
It has cooperation agreements with the newspaper The Times of England and several Japanese newspapers cooperacionista with current United States . It is considered a popular tabloid.