Kyodo News - Kyodo News

Japanese: 共同通信社 - きょうどうつうしんしゃ
Kyodo News - Kyodo News

Japan's leading news agency. It was founded on November 1, 1945 (Showa 20) as a union organization of newspapers, following the dissolution of Domei Tsushinsha, which was active during World War II, in October of the same year. It is the world's largest news agency distributing news to the press. It is an incorporated association with its headquarters in Tokyo, with five branches, 48 ​​general and local bureaus throughout Japan, and general bureaus in 39 major cities overseas, where its journalists are constantly covering news. In addition to its own reporting on overseas news, it has mutual communication agreements with major news agencies around the world, such as AP and UPI (both in the United States), Reuters (Britain), Itar-Tass (Russia), and Xinhua (China). The domestic and international news and news photos it collects are distributed to member newspapers nationwide (the three major national newspapers, Asahi, Mainichi, and Yomiuri, are not currently members, but only receive foreign news), NHK, private broadcasting companies, and government agencies. For distribution, it utilizes the latest communication facilities, such as data transmission, facsimile, photo transmission, wired and wireless, ultra-high frequency radio, and dedicated telephones. Kyodo News has a huge influence over major local newspapers, and many prefectural newspapers that compete with national newspapers rely heavily on Kyodo News for their front page news in order to provide their local readers with sufficient national news. Kyodo News also distributes sample articles for each newspaper's editorials and ranks the articles it distributes by importance, performing activities that go beyond the scope of activities of ordinary news agencies. Kyodo News also provides a variety of other services, including a telegraph and broadcasting service for Japanese ships at sea, an English language broadcasting service for overseas users, and a special telegraph service for contracted companies.

[Masao Takasu and Takashi Ito]

"Kyodo News 50 Year History" edited by the Kyodo News Corporate History Publication Committee (1996, Kyodo News Association)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

日本の代表的通信社。第二次世界大戦中活躍した同盟通信社が1945年(昭和20)10月解散した後を受けて、同年11月1日、新聞社の組合組織として創立した。プレス向けにニュースを配信する通信社としては、世界最大規模といえる。東京に本社を置く社団法人で、日本全国に5支社、48総・支局、海外39の主要都市に総支局をもち、同社記者が常時取材にあたっている。海外ニュースは自社取材のほか、AP、UPI(ともにアメリカ)、ロイター(イギリス)、イタル・タス(ロシア)、新華社(中国)など世界の主要通信社と相互通信契約を結んでいる。これら収集した内外のニュースおよびニュース写真は、全国の加盟新聞社(朝日、毎日、読売の三大全国紙は現在加盟していないが外信のみ受信)、NHK、民間放送会社、官庁などに配信している。配信には、データ伝送、ファクシミリ、写真電送、有・無線、超短波無線、専用電話など最新の通信施設を活用している。共同通信の有力地方紙に対する影響力は非常に大きく、全国紙と競合する県紙は、地元読者に全国的ニュースを十分に提供するため、第1面のニュースなどを非常に高い割合で共同通信の配信に依存しているケースも多い。また各紙社説の見本となる記事を配信したり、配信する記事に重要度のランクをつけたりと、一般の通信社の活動範囲を超えた業務を行っている。そのほか、洋上の日本船舶向け電信放送サービス、海外向け英文放送サービス、特約社向け特信サービスなど多様なサービスも行っている。

[高須正郎・伊藤高史]

『共同通信社社史刊行委員会編『共同通信社50年史』(1996・社団法人共同通信社)』

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