Mass media in Saitama Prefecture


This article lists and describes the features of mass media based in Saitama Prefecture of Japan. Most are based in the capital and most populous city Saitama City's Urawa ward. Unless mentioned otherwise the language is
Japanese.
Like other parts of Kantō region incorporating the Greater Tokyo Area, media based in Tokyo dominate the attention of the residents. Tokyo's major radio and television stations are licensed to cover the whole Kantō region. See Japanese media for them. They have larger readership or rates than the locally based media.

Newspapers

The below are about paid daily newspapers. There are less frequently published community papers and magazines.
Major national daily general newspapers Yomiuri, Asahi, Mainichi, Sankei, and the metropolitan paper Tokyo Shimbun have branch offices and correspondents in the prefecture. Prefecture or area-specific pages are inserted in those wide-area papers.

Broadcasting

The below are stations whose licensed area of coverage is the whole or the most of Saitama Prefecture.

Television

Prefectural service

Broadcasting services that may be available but are not limited to Saitama include: