Sports Nippon
S-T Building, the headquarters of Sports Nippon Newspapers Company, Tonichi Printing Company and Tokyo Sports Press Company, in Tokyo | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Print, online |
| Owner(s) | Sports Nippon Newspapers Company |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | https://www.sponichi.co.jp/ |
Sports Nippon (スポーツニッポン, Supōtsu Nippon), also known as Sponichi (スポニチ, Suponichi), is the first Japanese daily sports newspaper, having been founded in 1948. In a 1997 report it was called one of the "Big Three" sports papers in Japan, out of a field of 17 sports dailies.
It is an affiliate newspaper of the Mainichi Shimbun.