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The Asahi Shimbun Company

The Asahi Shimbun Company is an active UK company (number FC025944), incorporated 1989, with 12 current directors including Takahiro Hozumi and Takeshi Ishii. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Previous officers 52

  1. Norio Odagiri 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Tatsuya Kanayama 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Gaku Shinji 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Takashi Horie 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Hironobu Nakamura 2017-2020 Director View profile
  6. Kenichi Fukuchi 2017-2020 Director View profile
  7. Masaya Fujinoki 2016-2022 Director View profile
  8. Katsuhide Konishi 2015-2024 Director View profile
  9. Shinya Iida 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. Kazuhiko Ogura 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Hisad Goto 2015-2017 Director View profile
  12. Takeshi Kobayashi 2015-2022 Director View profile
  13. Satoru Takada 2015-2020 Director View profile
  14. Masayuki Umeda 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Nobuyuki Sugiura 2014-2015 Director View profile
  16. Yoichi Nishimura 2013-2021 Director View profile
  17. Masataka Watanabe 2013-2022 Director View profile
  18. Tomoko Machida 2013-2018 Director View profile
  19. Toshiki Suemoto 2013-2017 Director View profile
  20. Takashi Hosomi 2013-2015 Director View profile
  21. Shuzou Mochida 2013-2015 Director View profile
  22. Tatsuya Fujii 2012-2021 Director View profile
  23. Hiromi Onishi 2012-2013 Director View profile
  24. Yoshio Sato 2011-2016 Director View profile
  25. Tadakazu Kimura 2011-2015 Director View profile
  26. Yasushi Wake 2009-2015 Director View profile
  27. Kazutoshi Obata 2009-2013 Director View profile
  28. Takashi Kasuya 2009-2012 Director View profile
  29. Masahiko Yokoi 2009-2013 Director View profile
  30. Izumi Kubota 2008-2011 Director View profile
  31. Haruhito Kiyota 2008-2010 Director View profile
  32. Yoshiteru Miyata 2008-2013 Director View profile
  33. Toshitaka Ohazama 2007-2011 Director View profile
  34. Tetsuro Kawahara 2007-2009 Director View profile
  35. Takanobu Araki 2007-2008 Director View profile
  36. Ikutaro Hama 2005-2008 Director View profile
  37. Hideo Kotoku 2005-2008 Director View profile
  38. Yasuhiro Kobayashi 2005-2007 Director View profile
  39. Yozo Ito 2005-2007 Director View profile
  40. Ryoichi Sato 2005-2007 Director View profile
  41. Naruhiko Bandoh 2005-2007 Director View profile
  42. Shinichi Yoshida 2005-2009 Director View profile
  43. Nobuhiro Hikasa 2005-2005 Director View profile
  44. Kotaro Akiyama 2005-2013 Director View profile
  45. Yoshihiro Ueda 2005-2009 Director View profile
  46. Masao Kimiwada 2005-2005 Director View profile
  47. Fumio Ikeuchi 2005-2012 Director View profile
  48. Norio Uchiumi 2005-2007 Director View profile
  49. Toshiyuki Takagi 2005-2005 Director View profile
  50. Yoshio Motozawa 2005-2007 Director View profile
  51. Shinichi Hakoshima 2005-2007 Director View profile
  52. Yukio Hirose 2005-2007 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/09/1989
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

12 directors on the board

3y median 2.3y
average tenure
5.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (12)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
FC025944
Status
Active
Type
Other company type
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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