The Asahi Shimbun Digital

“ �e A sa h i Sh imbu n Digital” is Japan’s leading news site that reaches 200 million page v iews and 30 mi l l ion users every month. It covers a wide range of subject from pol i t i c a l ne w s to f a sh ion trends. We can convey your message and reach your target audience e�ectively.

GENDER & AGE

DIGITAL

AUDIENCE PROFILE

Source: Google Analytics April 2018~March 2019

For more information, please visit www.asahi.com/ads/guide/en/

Male Female

A Home to Dwell In Nagasaki-Note GRIMHabu Becomes Qualified for 7 Lifetime Major Titles

Monthly PV : 201,020,000Monthly UB : 30,190,000

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2.6%

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12.3%

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4.2%

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14.2%

4.8%

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10.8%

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4.6%

2.7%

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�e Asahi Shimbun won international journalism awards for 6 years in a row, including the Asian Digital Media Silver Awards 2018, setting a record for Japanese media.

– Royal Copenhagen’s case –�e Asahi Shimbun produced a video depicting a couple deepening their bonds with dishes using Royal Copenhagen tableware. In addition to the video, we gathered people close to their target group and held a round-table talk to create a PR article. It was evaluated as a project with high advertising e�ectiveness.

2013 : Setouchi artfest (http://www.asahi.com/culture/art/setogei/ibukijima/)

2014 : We don’t have enough nurseries in Japan (http://digital.asahi.com/special/taikijido/)

2015 : TSUKIJI –Kitchen of the Times– (http://www.asahi.com/special/tsukiji/)

2016 : ROAD TO 3,000 –ICHIRO SUZUKI– (http://www.asahi.com/special/ichiro/3000/en)

2017 : Habu Becomes Qualified for 7 Lifetime Major Titles (https://www.asahi.com/shougi/eiseinanakan/)

A Home to Dwell In (https://www.asahi.com/special/sdgs/amacho/)

2018 : Nagasaki-Note (http://www.asahi.com/special/nagasakinote/)

GRIM (https://www.asahi.com/paralympics/2018/special/grim-narita/)

The Asahi Shimbun Digital can create and distribute insightful brand contents and experiences to the audience.11 12

The video is embedded on the top and bottom of the page. The top is auto play.⇒ Increase interest, read contents, and extend stay time

Conduct a roundtable gathering of people close to their target group to increase empathy⇒ Create a bridge to the video

Lead to campaign page

DIGITAL

RATES & FORMATS

Placement

Rate

Exposure type

Duration

Dimensions

Text length

File format

File size (Max)

Loops

Start

Mutiple materials

Links

Material deadline

All pages

¥0.5 / imp

Rotation

Upon request

320 × 50

–

gif / jpeg

100KB

unlimited

Upon request

Up to 4

Up to 4

4 business days prior

All pages

¥0.5 / imp

Rotation

Upon request

300 × 250

–

gif / jpeg

150KB

unlimited

Upon request

Up to 4

Up to 4

4 business days prior

All pages

¥1,800,000

Fixed

One week

–

35 characters

–

–

N / A

Monday

Up to 4

Up to 4

3 business days prior

M-1 M-2 M-3 Mobile Leaderboard Mobile text Mobile MPU

DISPLAY ADS (MOBILE)

M-3

Display ads such as Homepage MPU and News MPU have a high viewability. You can choose the most optimal menu depending on your needs. It is very useful for your branding.

Mobile ads are useful to reach younger users by influx from social media. Mobile text is one of the most popular products with high CPC.

RATES & FORMATSExposure

typeDimensions File sizeAd Type Placement DurationRate / imp EstimatedGuaranteed

Guaranteed

H-1

H-2

N-1

N-2

R-1

R-2

Homepage MPU

Homepage branding board

News MPU

News inside-article MPU

ROS MPU

Run of Asahi MPU

Homepage

Homepage

News page

News page

All pages

All pages

300×250

970×60

300×250

300×250

300×250

300×250

150KBUponrequest

¥1.0

¥1.0

¥0.7

¥0.8

¥0.6

¥0.4

Rotation

Material deadline: 4 business days prior. Run of Asahi MPU includes placement in “&” and Mobile.

DISPLAY ADS (PC)

H-2

H-1R-1R-2

N-2R-2

N-1R-1R-2

M-1

M-2

Mobile LeaderboardHomepage

News page Mobile text

Mobile MPU

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COMPATIBLE OS VERSIONAndroid: Chrome 53.0.278 or later + iOS 4.4 or later iOS: safari 8.3 or later + iOS 8.0 or later Some devices are not compatible.

RATES & FORMATS

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

DIGITAL

Mobile floating video ad

RATES & FORMATS

In-Read ad (Below the article)

In-Read ad (Above the article)

One material, one landing page only.

One material, one landing page only.

VIDEO ADS (PC)

In-Read adPlacement

Rate

Impressions

Exposure type

Duration

Material deadline

Technical specifications Aspect ratio

Codec

Bit rate (Max)

Length

Sound

Dimensions

File format

File size (Max)

Above the article Below the article

¥5,000,000 ¥2,500,000 ~

1,000,000 imps

Rotation

One week

10 business days prior

w16 : h9

image: H.264 / sound: AAC

1,000 kbps

15 seconds recommended

When the user mouse overs to the ad, sound starts to play

640 × 360

mp4

4MB

Mobile push video adMobile floating video adAspect ratio

Codec

Bit rate (Max)

Length

Sound

Dimensions

File format,Size (Max)

Text in video

video

video

ending picture

banner under the video

video

ending picture

banner under the video

w16 : h9

H.264

image : 1,000 kbpssound : 64kbps recommended

15 seconds recommended

play when tapped

1920 × 1080

640 × 360

640 × 26

mp4, 2MB

jpeg, 100KB

jpeg,100KB

w16 : h9

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Min. 30 seconds

N / A

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brightcove tag / youtube tag, 10MB

Playback subtitles: approx. 40 charactersEnding message: 10 characters × 2 lines

Mobile floating video adPlacementRateImpressionsExposure typeDurationStartFrequenceyMaterial deadline

All Pages¥1,000,000100,000 imps-Upon requestUpon request2 imp / UB5 business days prior

News page¥5,000,000 1,000,000 impsRotationOne weekMonday1 imp / session10 business days prior

Mobile push video ad

Mobile push video ad

VIDEO ADS (MOBILE)

AD

AD

We provide smartphone-optimized video ads.Video ads are displayed on the article page, and you can expect high amount of impressions.A video ad starts playing when more than half of the ad screen is exposed on the page.

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AD

※Only in Japanese.

Ad appears on the page dur ing v ideo playback. W h e n v i d e o e n d s , a d disappears automatically .

AD

※Only in Japanese.

Video length: Min. 30 secondsSubtitle: Approx. 40 characters

Ending message: 10 characters × 2 lines

AD

AD

TARGETING ADSRICH ADS (PC)

We offer targeting options to optimize an ad to a focused audience. You can choose audiencecategories such as gender, age, location, occupation, and others.

Travel, events, leisure activities

Fashion

Business

Food / gourmet

Parenting

Housing

Health / beautyFile format

File size (Max)

Loops

Multiple materials

gif / jpeg

150KB

Unlimited

Up to 4

Exposure type

Estimated / Guaranteed

Duration

Rotation

Guaranteed

Upon request

You can optimize your target by multiplying each segments.Ex1) Job position / Title × Number of employees

Calculation: 200% (category 1) × 200% (category 1) = 400% of regular rateEx2) Family structure × Area

Calculation: 150% (category 2) × 120% (category 3) = 180% of regular rate

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¥2.0 / imp

¥1.5 / imp

¥1.2 / imp

¥1.4 / imp

¥1.05 / imp

¥0.84 / imp

¥1.2 / imp

¥0.9 / imp

¥0.72 / imp

¥0.8 / imp

¥0.75 / imp

¥0.6 / imp

(JPY1.0 / imp)

Category

1

Category

2

Category

3

(JPY0.7 / imp) (JPY0.6 / imp) (JPY0.5 / imp)

DIGITAL

FORMATS CATEGORIES of INTERESTS

RATES

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Gate ad

Billboard ad

970 × 250

Placement

Rate

Impressions

Exposure type

Duration

Technical specifications

imps imps

RATES & FORMATS Gate ad Billboard ad

DIGITAL

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International net news media in 16 countries and regions. News & blog, opinion site supported by social natives

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NIPPONTRENDS

Information medium on shopping, leisure, and culture in Japan for foreign visitors mainly from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

medpeer.jp/

MedPeer is a website for exclusive use of doctors. It is a preferred choice for advertisers who wish to reach doctors.

telling.asahi.com/

telling, is a web media for millennial women who are preparing for life changes.

sippo.asahi.com/

sippo is a website for pet owners that provides information about health care and discipline for pets. It also deals with social issues related to pets.

4years.asahi.com/

4years. is a website about college sports aimed at college students and graduates.

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nippontrend.com/

MedPeer

telling,sippo 4years.

Mainly targeted at independent women in their 30s to 40s who lead fulfilling life.

& TRAVEL was launched in 2016 for travelers who are interested in a new style of journey.

Mainly targeted at sophisticated men in their 30s to 40s who enjoy both business and private life.

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Best solution for brand safetyThe Asahi Shimbun Digital partnerships with Integral Ad Science (IAS) to offer sophisticated measurement and blocking technology to protect brand value for advertisers. IAS’ s technology is used by 80 of the top 100 advertisers worldwide.

Integral Ad Science (IAS) is the global market leader in digital ad veri�cation, o�ering technologies that drive high-quality advertising media.

Verify and report brand risks, viewability, ad fraud and other media quality metrics.

Block ads from appearing adjacent to content with brand risk.

Optimize for maximum impact and ROI.

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�e Asahi utilizes LINE as a SNS platform.*LINE: the most popular message app in Japan

The Asahi Shimbun Digital has more than 4 million LINE subscribers, the fourth largest among all media accounts and highest engagement rankings among press accounts as well.

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi ShimbuncookpadOver 6.38 million people

C CHANNELOver 6.32 million people

LetroncOver 5.6 million people

Over 4.4 million people

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The Mainichi ShimbunOver 3.2 million people

The Yomiuri ShimbunOver 2.1 million people

JIJI PRESSOver 1.9 million people

NHK NEWS

BBC NEWS

The Asahi Shimbun digital mediaThe Asahi Shimbun operates many sites tailored to target users. We can propose the best medium according to client needs.

IAS offers MRC accredited verification solutions.*MRC is U.S. based industry organization for auditing media verification companies for accreditation.

Measuring 1.1 trillion datapoints dailyMeasuring 10 billion impressions daily

IAS partnerships with over 2,500 partners globally.

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*As of October 2019

Subscriber count for all media accounts

*As of October 2019

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*Ranking for the week of 1 October 2018

Engagement for press accounts

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