Nikkei, Inc.

Nikkei, Inc. is a Japanese media company which owns The Nikkei and the Financial Times. Its first publication was in 1876 with the publication of The Chugai Bukka Shimpo (Domestic and Foreign Prices News). In 1946, the company name was changed to Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, while the newspaper changed its title to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, both of which were later shortened to Nikkei.

Nikkei, Inc.
Founded1876
Japan
HeadquartersŌtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
  • Naotoshi Okada (Chairman ＆ Group CEO)
  • Tsuyoshi Hasebe (President & CEO)
Websitewww.nikkei.co.jp/nikkeiinfo/en/

In addition to the Japan-based The Nikkei newspaper (the world's largest business daily in terms of circulation), Nikkei, Inc. owns and publishes two international publications: the Nikkei Asia weekly newsmagazine and the London-headquartered Financial Times daily newspaper.[1] Furthermore, it is the owner of the TX Network, of which TV Tokyo is the flagship station.

Nikkei, Inc.'s current holdings include companies in books, magazines to digital media, database services, broadcasting, and other activities such as economic/cultural events.[2]

Holdings
Nikkei offices in Osaka

Nikkei Inc. specializes in publishing financial, business and industry news. Its main news publications include:

  • Financial Times, the London-headquartered daily newspaper.
  • Nikkei Asia, the company's flagship English-language business and politics journal that launched in November 2013.[3][4] It was previously known as the Nikkei Asian Review.[5]
  • Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞), a leading economic newspaper.
  • Nikkei Veritas (日経ヴェリタス), a weekly financial newspaper that replaced Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun (Nikkei Financial Daily) in March 2008.
  • Nikkei Business Daily (日経産業新聞, Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun), an industry newspaper
  • Nikkei Marketing Journal (日経MJ, Nikkei MJ), a commerce newspaper
  • Nikkei Weekly (日経ウィークリー), an English-language business newspaper

Nikkei sells these newspapers around the world, in their original languages and in translation. It also makes many of its Japanese articles available in English through wire services, an English-language website, and a licensing agreement with LexisNexis.

In Japan the price of the newspaper morning edition is 160 yen. The afternoon edition is 70 yen and subscription is 4,509 yen/month (morning and afternoon edition).

Nikkei agreed on 23 July 2015 to buy the UK-based FT Group, which includes business daily Financial Times, for the equivalent of $1.32 billion from Pearson PLC.[6][7]

On 30 November 2015, Nikkei completed acquisition of Financial Times from Pearson plc.[8]

Nikkei also owns TV Tokyo and Nikkei CNBC, which provides coverage of the Japanese market during trading hours and rebroadcasts CNBC during off-hours and weekends.

Nikkei Group affiliate companies

Major companies:

References
  1. Nikkei History, https://www.nikkei.co.jp/nikkeiinfo/en/corporate/history/
  2. Nikkei Company Profile, https://www.nikkei.co.jp/nikkeiinfo/en/corporate/
  3. "Full ver. "SEE WHAT OTHERS DON'T" Nikkei Asian Review PV". Nikkei Asian Review. YouTube. November 20, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  4. Greenslade, Roy (November 21, 2013). "Nikkei launches new Asian magazine". The Guardian. London. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  5. "Nikkei to rename flagship English publication 'Nikkei Asia'". Nikkei Asia. September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  6. Mance, Henry; Massoudi, Arash; Fontanella-Khan, James (23 July 2015). "Nikkei to buy FT Group for £844m from Pearson". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 2 September 2015. (subscription required)
  7. Mance, Henry; Massoudi, Arash; Fontanella-Khan, James (23 July 2015). "Nikkei to buy FT Group for £844m from Pearson". CNBC. Financial Times. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  8. "Nikkei completes acquisition of Financial Times". Nikkei.


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