yomiuri

In terms of political leanings, Yomiuri is conservative, Asahi is liberal, and Mainichi is somewhere in-between.

The Yomiuri Shimbun is published twice daily and has a morning circulation of 7 million.

It's also not clear if that's what Yomiuri Shimbun is alleging here.

Off-topic: Yomiuri Shimbun operates its own theme park and it's an absolute delight, especially during winter months when there's a spectacular light show during the evenings.

It was the Yomiuri Shimbun, which boasts the world's largest circulation, that established the mass reproduction of not just article bodies, but even headlines, as a violation of copyright.

According to the World Association of Newspapers [1], they are Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun; also, those are the largest newspapers in the world.

I used to think the Japanese baseball league was insanely commercial due to it using corporate sponsor names instead of the city name (Hanshin Tigers, Yomiuri Giants, etc..) but in retrospect, the commercialization was only skin deep while the NHL is completely and unapologetically corrupted.

I'll try to find a print copy when the Yomiuri hits news stands on the 3rd and post the gist of it, but don't get your hopes up on this shedding a lot of light on the story.

Wikipedia cites "Yomiuri Shimbun" as the newspaper with the largest circulation.

"the passenger lists included sumo wrestlers, whom they estimated weighed an average of 120kg – far more than the 70kg average, the Yomiuri said." Sheeeesh, an average of 70kg sounds low.