Sankei Shimbun

The Sankei Shimbun , name short for Sangyō Keizai Shinbun , is a daily national newspaper in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd, ranking amongst the top five most circulated newspapers in Japan. Together with its English-language paper Japan Forward, the Sankei Shimbun has been described as having a conservative, nationalist, far-right political stance. It has previously published materials downplaying or denying Japanese war crimes.