Huffington Post, Asahi Shimbun partner to launch HuffPo Japan

The Huffington Post will launch in Japan through a partnership with the Japanese newspaper company Asahi Shimbun. The Japanese-language edition marks the Huffington Post’s first foray into Asia. Asahi Shimbun was founded in 1879 and has a daily circulation of 8 million for the morning edition and 3.4 million for the evening edition. “The market for blogs and digital news and opinion in Japan is...