Mainichi Daily News was the largest English daily in Japan, founded in 1922, by The Mainichi Newspapers, one of Japan's largest newspaper organizations, and possesses a national circulation.
This makes the newspaper the oldest under continuous and independent private management in Japan. Over the years, it has established a high reputation for reliability. In addition to complete coverage of home news utilizing the nationwide network of The Mainichi Newspapers, of which Mainichi Daily News is a part, every major event of the world is covered through special contracts with leading foreign news agencies and dispatches from Mainichi correspondents in all parts of the world.