Sankei Shimbun (産経新聞, Sankei Shinbun, short for Sangyō Keizai Shinbun (産業経済新聞) lit. "Industrial and Economic News") is a daily newspaper in Japan published by the It has the sixth highest circulation for newspapers in Japan. It is a metropolitan newspaper along with the Chunichi Shimbun, and was once one of the national newspapers along with the Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, and the Nikkei. As of October 2020, it announced it would cease print publication outside Tokyo and the Kansai region.