Subscription

The online version of the English-language service of Kyodo News provides real-time news, ranging from politics and business to society and sports, around the clock, serving as the best tool for analysis of developments in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.

We offer a broad range of subscription options according to customer needs. Nonsubscribers can read only headlines, excluding the day's main stories and stories in some categories.

For professional use by corporate and organizational customers

For quick and easy use by individual customers

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Subscription Table

Full Access Membership

Limited Access Membership

Database Membership

Subscription Table

Partial Access
Membership
Gold Package

Partial Access
Membership
Silver Package 1

Partial Access
Membership
Silver Package 2

Newsflash
Membership

Subscription Table

	Accessible News Categories	Accessible Paragraphs	News/Photo Search Period
Full Access Membership	All	All	10 year
Limited Access Membership	Up to 3	All	3 year
Database Membership	All (excluding stories from the past month)	All	No limit
Non- subscribers	All	Headlines only (excluding some stories)	3 months
Newsflash Membership	Delivery of 1-line breaking news/ news advisories by email(optional)

Full Access Membership

• Accessible News Categories: All
• Accessible paragraphs of stories: All
• News summary, schedule (daily/weekly/monthly/sports) also available
• News/Photo Search Period: 10 Years
• Newsflash email service available free of charge
• We will respond with pricing, payment methods and other details once you submit a subscription form

Limited Access Membership

• Accessible News Categories: Up to 3 categories chosen from 4 available (politics, economy/business, society, sports). If you select 2 or 3 categories, you cannot select politics and economy/business at the same time.
• Accessible paragraphs of stories: All
• News/Photo Search Period: 3 Years
• Newsflash email service available as option with additional charge
• We will respond with pricing, payment methods and other details once you submit a subscription form

Database Membership

• Accessible News Categories: All
• Accessible paragraphs of stories: All (excluding stories from the past month)
• News/Photo Search Period: No Limit
• Newsflash email service available as option with additional charge
• We will respond with pricing, payment methods and other details once you submit a subscription form

Subscription Table

	Accessible News Categories	Accessible Paragraphs	News/Photo Search Period	Price Per Month
Partial Access Membership Gold Package	All	Up to 3	1 year	3,500 yen
Partial Access Membership Silver Package 1	Politics Society Sports	Up to 3	1 year	1,500 yen
Partial Access Membership Silver Package 2	Business Society Sports	Up to 3	1 year	1,500 yen
Non- subscribers	All	Headlines only (excluding some stories)	3 months
Newsflash Membership	Delivery of 1-line breaking news/ news advisories by email			500 yen

Partial Access Membership Gold Package

• Accessible News Categories: All
• Accessible Paragraphs of Stories: Up to 3
• News/Photo Search Period: 1 Year
• Price: 3,500 yen per month
• Payment: Credit Card Only (Visa/Master/JCB)
  The service is free in the month when a contract is made
• Newsflash email service available as option with additional charge of 500 yen per month

Partial Access Membership Silver Package 1

• Accessible News Categories: Politics, Society, Sports
• Accessible Paragraphs of Stories: Up to 3
• News/Photo Search Period: 1 Year
• Price: 1,500 yen per month
• Payment: Credit Card Only (Visa/Master/JCB)
  The service is free in the month when a contract is made
• Newsflash email service available as option with additional charge of 500 yen per month

Partial Access Membership Silver Package 2

• Accessible News Categories: Economy/Business, Society, Sports
• Accessible Paragraphs of Stories: Up to 3
• News/Photo Search Period: 1 Year
• Price: 1,500 yen per month
• Payment: Credit Card Only (Visa/Master/JCB)
  The service is free in the month when a contract is made
• Newsflash email service available as option with additional charge of 500 yen per month

Newsflash Membership

• Delivery of 1-line breaking news/news advisories by email
• Price: 500 yen per month
• Payment: Credit Card Only (Visa/Master/JCB)
  The service is free in the month when a contract is made

4 News Categories Available

Politics	domestic politics, diplomacy, parliament, political parties etc.
Economy/Business	fiscal and monetary policy, trade, corporate news, foreign exchange, stock and bond markets etc.
Society	crime and accidents, disasters, trials, imperial family, science etc.
Sports	baseball, soccer, sumo, golf etc. with results and other data also available.

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