'The Jakarta Shimbun' enters Bali market

DENPASAR, Bali: Jakarta-based Japanese daily The Jakarta Shimbun began its distribution here on Thursday, targeting Japanese tourists and visitors to this island of paradise that amounted to about 215,000 people last year.

The daily is in the Japanese language, with only one page dedicated to readers who speak English.

A total of 4,500 copies hit the streets in Bali every day, with a retail price of Rp 8,800 each.

"Most of the news is taken from Kyodo news agency, but we hope in the future to expand the news from Indonesian journalists," said the daily's marketing manager Ekana Yulianti.

The Jakarta Shimbun is the second Japanese media production in Bali after The Bali Tribune, a Bali-based bilingual monthly magazine. (zen/edt)