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Kyodo News

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Kyodo News is a news agency founded on November 1, 1945. [1] It operates as a general incorporated association. The organization works in the news agency industry and employs approximately 1,700 people as of 2018.

Kyodo News

Summary

Kyodo News is a news agency[1]. It draws 4,477 Wikipedia views per month (news_agency category, ranking #28 of 169).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kyodo News is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Kyodo News's instance of is recorded as news agency[4].
  • Kyodo News's headquarters location is recorded as Higashi-Shinbashi[5].
  • Kyodo News's child organization or unit is recorded as Kyodo News Images[6].
  • Kyodo News's Commons category is recorded as Kyodo News[7].
  • Kyodo News's industry is recorded as news agency[8].
  • November 1, 1945 marks the founding of Kyodo News[9].
  • Kyodo News's official website is recorded as https://www.kyodonews.jp/[10].
  • Kyodo News's official website is recorded as https://www.kyodonews.jp/english/[11].
  • Kyodo News's official website is recorded as https://china.kyodonews.net/[12].
  • Kyodo News's official website is recorded as https://tchina.kyodonews.net/[13].
  • Kyodo News's official website is recorded as https://kyodonews.net/[14].
  • Kyodo News's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kyodo News[15].
  • Kyodo News's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+100'}[16].
  • Kyodo News's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1621'}[17].
  • Kyodo News's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18].
  • Kyodo News's replaces is recorded as Dōmei Tsushin[19].
  • Kyodo News's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '一般社団法人共同通信社'}[20].
  • Kyodo News's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kyodo News'}[21].
  • Kyodo News's legal form is recorded as general incorporated association[22].
  • Kyodo News's name in kana is recorded as きょうどうつうしんしゃ[23].
  • Kyodo News's owner of is recorded as Dentsu[24].
  • Kyodo News's owner of is recorded as Shiodome Media Tower[25].
  • Kyodo News's language used is recorded as Japanese[26].
  • Kyodo News's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+201000'}[27].

Body

Founding

November 1, 1945 marks the founding of Kyodo News[9].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '一般社団法人共同通信社'}[20] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kyodo News'}[21].

Operations

Kyodo News's headquarters location is recorded as Higashi-Shinbashi[5]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Kyodo News Images[6].

Industry

Kyodo News's industry is recorded as news agency[8].

Why It Matters

Kyodo News draws 4,477 Wikipedia views per month (news_agency category, ranking #28 of 169).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It is credited with the discovery of Panama Papers[30], an information leak[31], in Panama[32].

FAQs

What did Kyodo News discover?

Kyodo News is credited as discoverer of Panama Papers[30].

Related Entities

Japan news agency

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . kyodonews.jp. kyodonews.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . kyodonews.jp. kyodonews.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Back ache · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'bn', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'hy', 'id', 'it', 'ja',
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+100'}
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  2. 28d ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → 共同通信
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Kyodo News"
  3. 7w ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employees → {'amount': '+1621'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1128]]: 1,621"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → iyOkF
    Instance of → news agency
    Replaces → Dōmei Tsushin
    Legal form → general incorporated association
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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