WSJ extends reach in Japan

TOKYO- The Wall Street Journal and The Yomiuri Shimbun have signed content-licensing agreements that will allow the Japanese newspaper to print the Journal's Asia edition as well as its Weekend Journal.

The deal bolsters The Wall Street Journal’s reach in the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, which are The Yomiuri Shimbun’s key markets.

Shoichi Oikawa, president and executive editor of The Yomiuri Shimbun, said that the deal strategically strengthens his publication’s content offerings across Japan and, “is good news not only for the top echelons of Japan’s political, governmental, business and academic sectors but also for the country’s general readership.”