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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-12-12</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000783412</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DAILY JOURNAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DJCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002104835</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Nakamura Erik</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>915 EAST FIRST STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90012</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <remarks>This Form 3 should have been filed when the reporting person became an officer even though he owned no shares of company stock at the time.
This late filing was due to administrative delays in obtaining the reporting person's EDGAR Form ID and was not the result of any error by the reporting person.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Erik Nakamura</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
