The International Herald Tribune and the Asahi Shimbun have formed
a publishing partnership in Japan. It is the second such venture
undertaken by the IHT over the past few months; the first involved
Korea's JoongAng Ilbo. Globally, the newspaper now has a total of seven
similar partnerships.
Under the latest arrangement, the Asahi Shimbun will close publication
of the English-language Asahi Evening News and will integrate a more
concise version of that newspaper into the IHT. This new editorial
section will appear in all copies of the IHT sold in Japan. The target
date for publication is the second quarter of this year.
