Prints a major scoop on exposure of crew members of the No. 5 Fukuryu Maru to lethal radioactivity produced in a Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb test by the United States
April 1, 1955
Begins publication of an English-language newspaper, now The Japan News
A Yomiuri Shimbun article announcing that the Beatles would perform in Japan for the first time in June 1966
Oct. 12, 1969
Establishes Japan's first pro soccer team, the Yomiuri Soccer Club, now Nippon TV Football Club
Oct. 29, 1971
Tokyo Head Office building in Otemachi, Tokyo, completed
Oct. 11, 1974
Emperor Showa and the Empress visit the Tokyo Head Office
March 25, 1975
Begins publication of the Chubu (Nagoya) edition
February 1977
Becomes Japan's top-circulation newspaper with 7,201,000 copies per day. It has held the top position since then
Oct. 19, 1986
Introduces a comprehensive electronics-based information service with the completion of the CTS Perfect System, putting an end to the era of lead printing plates
An employee checks the screen of a computer in 1995
Feb. 1, 1999
Chuokoron publishing house comes under the umbrella of The Yomiuri Shimbun Group, changing its name to Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc.
Jan. 1, 2000
The new Creed of The Yomiuri Shimbun adopted
May 10, 2001
The Code of Conduct for the Editorial Staff of The Yomiuri Shimbun laid down
July 1, 2002
The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings established, creating a new management system
Nov. 2, 2004
130th annversary of the inauguration of The Yomiuri Shimbun
Oct. 29, 2005
Extends cooperation to the Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures
Aug. 15, 2006
"War responsibility reexamination series," carried in The Yomiuri Shimbun from August 2005, summarized in two installments, the first half in the Aug. 13 edition and the latter half in the Aug.15 edition
Tsuneo Watanabe, Chairman of the Board and Editor-in-Chief, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, named "Media Person of the Year" at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Oct. 1, 2007
Agrees with Nikkei Inc. and The Asahi Shimbun to jointly run a website and cooperate in the sales activites.
Oct. 29, 2009
Opens its "yomiDr." website, which specializes in medical, nursing care and health information
March 31, 2010
Announces a plan to rebuild its head office in Otemachi, Tokyo
September. 2010
Moves into a temporary head office in Ginza, Tokyo
March 2011
The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun newspaper for children is launched
The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun awarded in the editorial category of the World Young Reader Prize offered by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
July 2011
A Yomiuri Shimbun scoop reveals secretly conducted DNA tests proved a Nepalese man convicted of murdering a female employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Tokyo was actually not the perpetrator. (A series of follow-up articles were awarded a prize by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association for fiscal 2012.)
May 2012
Yomiuri Premium, a paying service offering exclusive content on digital devices to subscribers,is launched
April 2013
The Yomiuri Shimbun's English-language newspaper changes its name from The Daily Yomiuri to The Japan News
January 2014
The Yomiuri Shimbun officially starts operating from The Yomiuri Shimbun Building, its new headquarters in Tokyo's central Otemachi district
The Yomiuri Shimbun awarded the fiscal 2015 award from the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association for a series of scoop reporting that patients died after they underwent a highly difficult laparoscopic liver resection surgery at Gunma University Hospital in Gunma Prefecture
Sept.3, 2015
The Yomiuri Chukosei Shimbun awarded a top editorial prize in the World Young Reader Prize competition by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
The Yomiuri Shimbun signs a contract with the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to represent the nation's newspapers as a Tokyo 2020 Official Partner (newspapers category)
January 2017
The Yomiuri Shimbun inaugurates the Japan Para-Sports Awards
Jan.1, 2019
The Yomiuri Shimbun raises the monthly price of its set of morning and evening newspapers for the first time in 25 years to \4,400
Feb.1, 2019
The Yomiuri Shimbun launches its new news site "Yomiuri Shimbun Online
