Japan has one of the highest circulations of newspapers in terms of numbers of copies published per 1,000 people. This number runs at 634 and Japan is second only to Iceland in this regard. Japan has five leading national daily newspapers; the Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun and the Nukkei Shimbun. The first two are considered to be left/liberal leaning while the latter three are more right/conservative leaning. Newspapers can be found that circulate nationally, regionally, by prefecture or by city. Some newspapers publish twice a day and others publish weekly, monthly and even annually.