Kyodo News Corporation

Kyodo News Agency Co., Ltd. is the largest news agency in Japan, abbreviated as Kyodo News Agency. It was founded on November 1, 1945, and its predecessor was the Alliance News Agency established in January 1936. Headquartered in Minato ku, Tokyo, it is a non-profit legal entity organization. Kyodo News provides domestic and global news to newspapers, NHK, and other news organizations throughout Japan.

Kyodo News is independent of the government and committed to serving society. The Kyodo News, which bears the heavy responsibility of being the center of the media, adheres to the principle of "promoting world peace, ensuring democracy, and achieving human happiness". Since its establishment in 1945, as a "non-profit corporate organization", it has worked closely with various newspapers, NHK, and other news organizations across Japan to actively carry out reporting activities.

Kyodo News is composed of 63 franchised newspapers and a group of contracted news units, working 24 hours a day and publishing articles in both Japanese and English, totaling approximately 600000 words. In addition, Kyodo News also carries out economic information business, providing financial information to banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges, and government departments through television.