Nikkei Inc.
Japanese media group that publishes the Nikkei business daily.
Founded as a market-news publisher in 1876, Nikkei Inc. publishes Japan's Nikkei business daily and owns the Financial Times. Its newspaper, digital reporting and financial-information businesses belong to the media company behind the familiar name.
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Nikkei Inc. grew from Japanese market reporting into a media group serving business readers. It publishes the Nikkei business newspaper, also known as Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The company launched its Japanese online edition in 2010 and later expanded its English-language reporting on Asia. Print and digital publishing remain central to its business. [Nikkei's publishing history](https://marketing.Nikkei.com/english/file/mediadata_en.pdf).
The Financial Times joined the Nikkei group in 2015, extending its international business-news operations. Nikkei also provides market information and produces stock-market indices, including the Nikkei Stock Average. Nikkei Inc. produces the index alongside its journalism and other information services. Its name can therefore refer to a publisher, one of its publications or a market measure, depending on context. [Nikkei's corporate profile](https://indexes.Nikkei.co.jp/nkave/archives/news/20171030E_1.pdf).
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