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Junichi Ueno

上野淳一
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Junichi Ueno (上野 淳一, Ueno Jun'ichi; November 11, 1910 – October 10, 1997) was the co-owner of the Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞, , Asahi Shinbun). This powerful Japanese journalist owned and published a newspaper which is the second most circulated out of the five national newspapers in Japan. During the years of his ownership, Asahi's circulation rose to approximately 8.27 million for its morning edition and 3.85 million for its evening edition. Ueno represented the third generation of the family who owned the newspaper and its subsidiary businesses, which included television and satellite broadcasting.

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