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January 25, 1879
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First issue of The Asahi Shimbun is published in Osaka.
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July 10, 1888
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First issue of The Tokyo Asahi Shimbun is published. In Osaka, the paper is renamed “The Osaka Asahi Shimbun.”
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April 1, 1907
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Renowned writer Soseki Natsume joins the company and publishes Gubijinso ("The Poppy"), Sanshiro, Sorekara ("And Then"), and other novels in serialized form. He dies on December 9, 1916 at the age of 50 while publishing Meian ("Light and Dark"), also in serial form.
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April 2, 1922
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First issue of weekly magazine the "Shukan Asahi" is published.
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February 26, 1936
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February 26th Incident. The Tokyo Asahi Shimbun's head office is vandalized as part of an attempted military coup.
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April 10, 1937
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The Kamikaze-go aircraft breaks the record for Asia-Europe flight.
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September 1, 1940
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The Osaka Asahi Shimbun and The Tokyo Asahi Shimbun are renamed "The Asahi Shimbun."
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November 7, 1945
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Accepting responsibility for not informing the public of the actual situation during the war, the paper's president and senior executives resign en masse.
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September 1, 1952
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The Asahi Shimbun Credo is established, consisting of four clauses that include a commitment to freedom of speech.
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January 1, 1967
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Special New Year’s editorials on peace in Vietnam are exchanged with five of the world’s leading newspapers.
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February 5, 1976
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The story of the Lockheed scandal is broken, which develops into a corruption scandal of major proportions involving former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
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May 3, 1987
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The Hanshin bureau is attacked, leaving one reporter dead and another gravely injured from gunshot wounds. The incident, along with an attack on a company dormitory in Nagoya, a shooting at the Tokyo head office, an attempted bombing of the Shizuoka bureau, and other incidents, is classified as Case No. 116 by the National Police Agency.
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May24 , 1988
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First issue of the weekly magazine AERA is published.
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June 18, 1988
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A story is broken regarding suspicious activity on the part of the deputy mayor of Kawasaki City in connection with the transfer of shares of a Recruit-affiliated company; the scandal is investigated and reported as it expands to involve Japan's political, bureaucratic and business establishment, ultimately leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.
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August 22, 1992
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The story of a suspicious \500 million donation from Tokyo Sagawa Express to Shin Kanemaru, the vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is broken, leading to the collapse of one-party rule by the LDP.
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August 10, 1995
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The online news site asahi.com is launched.
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January 1, 2001
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The Press and Human Rights Committee is established for the investigation of reported human rights issues by outside committee members.
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October 6, 2008
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First issue of GLOBE is published, a new semi-monthly newspaper for reporting on global events.
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September 21, 2010
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A story is broken on the alteration of documents seized as a part of the Postal Service fraud scandal by the lead prosecutor of the Special Investigation Department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office.
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March 11, 2011
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The Great East Japan Earthquake strikes. A lead editorial and special editorial feature are run advocating Japan to forego nuclear power in light of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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May 18, 2011
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First issue of The Asahi Shimbun Digital is published.
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May 7, 2013
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The Japan edition of The Huffington Post is published.
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