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Let's feel the dynamism of sports on paper!
Chuo-ku has developed a large number of companies that provide information services such as mass media, publishing, and advertising. In particular, newspapers have been established in our lives since the Meiji Restoration as a tool to broaden the horizons from political economy to social situations.
As you know well that there is "Asahi Shimbun" in Tsukiji in Chuo-ku, but there is also "Nikkan Sports Newspaper" in the same Tsukiji. You may have seen a delivery car running in the city.
"Nikkan Sports" was launched in 1946 (Showa 21). The top article on the first page of the first issue seems to have been "Tokyo Roku University Baseball". Sports must have played a major role as much as music to give hope and courage to the hearts of those who were exhausted in the war.
With the rapid progress of digitalization in recent years, the number of printed newspapers is on a downward trend, but sports paper still seems to be popular, and instead of shifting to full digitalization, individual content such as "baseball" and "soccer" is provided on the web for a fee. How will the form of newspapers change from now on?
There is a big show window next to the entrance of this newspaper, where a new paper of the day is posted. Some people live nearby and stop by every day and look through. There are also people who happen to pass by and stop their feet. Japanese athletes played an active part in the Beijing Olympics, which was held until the other day, so many eyes were poured in the news articles.
Winter sports are about to come to the end of the season. From now on, the opening of professional baseball is approaching, and that topic may increase. I hope that the circle of sports will expand by taking up various events.