The International New York Times and Japan Times will be packaged in a single newspaper for readers in Japan starting in October under a joint venture, the two publishers said Monday. The agreement will create a jointly published six-day newspaper which will be known as The Japan Times/International New York Times starting October 16, according to a statement issued in Tokyo.
The International New York Times will be the new name for the International Herald Tribune, of which the New York group took over sole ownership in 2003. The newspaper in Japan will consist of two sections, the first produced by The Japan Times office in Tokyo and its bureau in Osaka. The second section will be edited from the Hong Kong, New York, Paris and London offices of the International New York Times and will draw on the global network of The New York Times. "This is an important step in The Japan Times' 116-year history," said Takeharu Tsutsumi, president of the country's largest English-language daily.
Readers of the new daily, to be distributed Monday through Saturday, will also have access to NYTimes.com digital content. Last month, the Times Company said the 125-year-old offshoot of the defunct New York Herald Tribune will be rechristened sometime this fall as the International New York Times.