Jiji Press
Chuo, Tokyo , Japan | |
Number of locations | 78 offices in Japan, 28 offices overseas |
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Key people | Masao Omuro (President) |
262 million yen (2016) | |
Total assets | 38 billion yen (2016) |
Total equity | 21 billion yen (2016) |
Number of employees | 862 |
Website | jiji |
Footnotes / references 2016 financials: [1] |
Jiji Press Ltd. (株式会社時事通信社, Kabushiki gaisha Jiji Tsūshinsha) is a news agency in Japan.
History
Jiji was formed in November 1945 following the breakup of Domei Tsushin, the government-controlled news service responsible for disseminating information prior to and during World War II. Jiji inherited Domei's business-oriented news operations, while Kyodo News inherited its general public-oriented news operations. In later years Jiji developed ties with UPI, the Associated Press, AFP, Reuters and other international news organizations.[1]
In 2011, Jiji reported that
In 2012, Jiji president Masahiro Nakata resigned after it was found that a Jiji writer in Washington, D.C. copied an article wired by Kyodo News.[3]
Corporate structure
Jiji is run as an employee-owned corporation and is not publicly traded, nor does it have non-employee shareholders. Jiji has news bureaus throughout Japan and in many major cities worldwide.
Jiji is the third-largest shareholder in Dentsu, holding 5.85% of the outstanding stock (16.9 million shares) as of December 2016.[4]
References
- ^ "時事通信社会社案内". www.jiji.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ Adelstein, Jake. "What Michael Woodford Saw at Olympus". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ "株式の状況・株主構成 - IR情報 - 電通". www.dentsu.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-03-17.
External links
- English news site
- Japanese news site
- Corporate site (Japanese)