The group publishes newspapers under the brand name of The Tokyo Shimbun in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and under The Chunichi Shimbun in the Nagoya Metropolitan Area.

As of July 2021, according to the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, the average daily circulation of The Tokyo Shimbun's morning edition was 407,777 and its evening edition sold 133,708 copies daily.

The Tokyo Shimbun newspaper is also the owner of the Chunichi Dragons, a professional Japanese baseball team.

The group dates back to 1888 when a regional newspaper was founded in Nagoya.

They are in New York City, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Manila, and Bangkok.