Company History

• 1887
  The Hokkai Shimbun, later to become the Hokkaido Shimbun Press, publishes its first issue.
• 1942
  Eleven local papers within Hokkaido merge together according to government policy, and the Hokkaido Shimbun Press is born.
• 1950
  March 28, "Hokkaido Shimbun Evening Edition" is issued at the Headquarters, Asahikawa, and Kushiro.
• 1952
  The morning-evening edition set system is adopted.
• 1982
  The first issue of Doshin Sports is published.
• 1985
  Offset cylinder printing presses are installed at every printing factory, and the use of lead is phased out.
• 1992
  Articles are transmitted from word processors to the Internet. Digital editing officially begins.
• 1996
  DOSHIN Website is created.
• 2002
  All printing factories begin printing a forty-page morning paper.
• 2006
  The Doshin Bun Bun Club is established.
• 2010
  All printing factories begin printing sixteen color pages.
• 2014
  For the first time in 63 years, the number of rows is changed from 15 to 12.

  The first issue of the Doshin Digital Paper is published.
• 2015
  The first issue of "Doshin Children's Newspaper Manabun" is published.
• 2021
  Contracted to organize and operate the Tokyo Olympic Marathon and Racewalking in Sapporo.
• 2022
  "Doshin Sports" news website launches.

  80th anniversary of Hokkaido Shimbun.

  The Doshin Sports newspaper is discontinued.
• 2023
  The news website "Hokkaido Shimbun Digital" launches.

  The children's newspaper website "Manabun Digital" starts.

  The evening edition is discontinued.
• 2024
  Headquarters move (planned).