Journalist Justin Norrie has sent the following Tweet:
The Asahi Shimbun's English-language printed edition will end on Feb. 28. After that it's all iPad and Kindle. No word on jobs yet.
He adds that the Asahi English website is likely to remain and the International Herald Tribune, who partner with the Asahi, will continue to use the presses to put out their own paper without the 5 pages or so of local content currently included. The spotlight now moves to the Daily Yomiuri English edition and the Japan Times where the economics of publishing a daily must be raising similar questions.