The Hokkaido Shimbun (北海道新聞, Hokkaidō Shinbun?), which is often abbreviated as Doshin (道新, Dōshin?), is a Japanese language daily newspaper published mainly in Hokkaidō, Japan by The Hokkaido Shimbun Press (株式会社北海道新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Hokkaidō Shinbunsha?). As of November 2006, its morning edition has a circulation of 1,208,175. It was first published in Sapporo in 1887.