Hokkaido Shimbun

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The Hokkaido Shimbun

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
Owner(s)	The Hokkaido Shimbun Press
Publisher	Ikuo Kikuchi
Founded	January 20, 1887
Language	Japanese
Headquarters	Sapporo
Circulation	Morning edition: 730,000 (Japan ABC, average for January 2025)
Website	www.hokkaido-np.co.jp

The Hokkaido Shimbun (北海道新聞, Hokkaidō Shinbun), which is often abbreviated as Doshin (道新, Dōshin), is a Japanese language daily newspaper published mainly in Hokkaidō, Japan by The Hokkaido Shimbun Press (株式会社北海道新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Hokkaidō Shinbunsha). As of January 2025, its morning edition has a circulation of 730,000. It was first published in Sapporo in 1887.