The Daily Jakarta Shimbun (じゃかるた新聞, Jakaruta Shinbun, Indonesian: Harian Jakarta Shimbun) is a Japanese-language newspaper in Indonesia. The company distributing the paper, PT. Bina Komunika Asiatama, has its headquarters in Jakarta. Circulation in 2009 was about 4,000.
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History
On November 6, 1998, Yasuo Kusano, a Japanese journalist, established the newspaper. Kusano was formerly the Mainichi Shimbun bureau chief in Jakarta from 1981 to 1986; he returned to Indonesia after the fall of Suharto, and, finding that many publications banned during the Suharto era were being revived, decided to found a newspaper to provide accurate, in-depth information about Indonesia's new democratisation to Japanese readers. Its circulation was 50 in the beginning.
Contents
Each issue has eight pages except on Fridays; on those days there is also an additional lifestyle supplement. Therefore, Friday issues have a total of 12 pages.
Distribution
The newspaper company distributes copies to Garuda Indonesia for the airline to provide to Japanese customers. It also distributes copies to language centres and universities for students of the Japanese language.