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| founderpublisher = Kahoku Shimpo Corporation

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| editor = Hideya Terashima =

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| newseditorlanguage = Japanese

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| campuschiefheadquarters = [[Sendai]]

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| sportseditor publishing_country = Japan

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| politicalreadership = [[Liberalism in Japan|Liberal]] =

| headquarterseISSN = [[Sendai]]

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| ISSNwebsite = {{url|www.kahoku.co.jp}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Kahoku ShinpōShimpō'''''|河北新報}} is a [[Japanese language]] [[daily newspaper]] which is published in [[Sendai]], [[Japan]]. The paper has been in circulation since 1897.

''Kahoku ShinpōShimpō'' was established in 1897.<ref name=asr/> It is a local paper based in Sendai, [[Miyagi Prefecture]].<ref name=asr>{{cite book
|author=Anthony S. Rausch|title=Japan's Local Newspapers: Chihōshi and Revitalization Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8yDDfI4d8yEC&pg=PA68|accessdateyear=18 January 2014|date=31 May 2012|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-136-30189-56|page=68|location=Abingdon; New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake|url=http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=122564
|work=Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies|accessdateaccess-date=18 January 2014|date=18 October 2011}}</ref> The publisher is the Kahoku ShinpoShimpo Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great East Japan Earthquake and The Indian Ocean Tsunami|access-date=18 January 2014|format=Press release
|url=http://www.jica.go.jp/indonesia/english/office/others/c8h0vm000001puns-att/press130419.pdf|work=JICA|accessdate=18 January 2014|format=Press release|date=19 April 2013}}</ref> As of 2014 Hideya Terashima iswas the editor of the daily<ref>{{cite web|title=Standing in the wake of devastation|work=Tedx Tohoku|access-date=18 January 2014|url=http://tedxtohoku.com/en/interviews-hideya-terashima/|workauthor=TedxHideya TohokuTerashima|accessdatearchive-date=1819 JanuaryFebruary 2014|authorurl-status=Hideya Terashimadead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219133704/http://tedxtohoku.com/en/interviews-hideya-terashima/}}</ref> which is published in [[Broadsheet|broadsheet format]].<ref name=wan/>

''Kahoku ShinpōShimpō'' significantly contributed to the establishment of [[Tohoku Imperial University]] in 1907 through its articles on the importance of [[university education]] in the region.<ref name=asr/> From October 1945 to January 1947 the paper published [[Dazai Osamu]]'s novel entitled ''Pandora no hako'' (meaningJapanese: ''Pandora's Box'' in English) in sixty-four parts.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jonathan E. Abel|title=Redacted: The Archives of Censorship in Transwar Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mw2HaoSrYbYC&pg=PA203|accessdateyear=15 December 2014|date=18 August 2012|publisher=[[University of California Press]]
|isbn=978-0-520-27334-4|page=203|location=Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA}}</ref>

Following the [[2011 earthquake and tsunami|2011 earthquake]] the editing system of ''Kahoku ShinpōShimpō'' collapsed and story texts were sent to the ''Niigata Nippo'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japanese Newspapers’Newspapers' Efforts to Keep People Informed in the Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami|work=International Press Institute|date=18 March 2011|url=http://www.freemedia.at/archives/singleview/article/japanese-newspapers-efforts-to-keep-people-informed-in-the-aftermath-of-earthquake-and-tsunami.html|accessdateaccess-date=18 January 2014|workauthor=InternationalChristina Press InstituteHsu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201174958/http://www.freemedia.at/archives/singleview/article/japanese-newspapers-efforts-to-keep-people-informed-in-the-aftermath-of-earthquake-and-tsunami.html|archive-date=181 MarchFebruary 20112014|authorurl-status=Christina Hsudead}}</ref>

The 1997 [[Circulation (newspaper)|circulation]] of ''Kahoku ShinpōShimpō'' which has a [[Liberalism|liberal political leaning]] was about 500,000 copies.<ref name=asr/> In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 624,000 copies.<ref name=wan>{{cite web|title=World Press Trends
|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|work=World Association of Newspapers|accessdateaccess-date=8 February 2015|location=Paris
|dateyear=2004}}</ref> The morning edition of the paper had a circulation of 504,911 copies in 2007.<ref name=osc>{{cite web|title=Japan -- Media Environment Open; State Looms Large|url=http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/osc/japan-media.pdf|publisher=Open Source Center|accessdateaccess-date=8 February 2015|date=18 August 2009}}</ref> The same year the circulation of its evening edition was 107,552 copies.<ref name=osc/>

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