After the Meiji Restoration
The period of party newspapers—the king-respecting faction’s “Daizhengguan’s Diary” VS the sabotage faction’s “Chinese and Foreign News”
The period of official newspapers—“Private government-aided newspapers” ", "Yokohama Mainichi Shimbun", "Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun", "Post Office News" and "News Magazine"
"Yokohama Mainichi Shimbun": Founded in 1870, Japan's first daily newspaper, symbol It marks the birth of a truly modern newspaper in Japan. Published regularly, printed on Western paper with movable type, its readers are not limited to high-ranking officials, but also extend to ordinary people. News and advertising account for half each, with a commercial orientation.
The commercial newspaper period - appeared between the party newspaper and the official newspaper period, with "Tokyo Kana Sho Shimbun" as the earliest typical newspaper, and the sensational newspapers "Manchabo" and "26 Shinbo"
"Asahi Shimbun" (98): Founded in Osaka in 1879, it was initiated by Teng Kimura and Ryuhei Murayama was the president. Initially a tabloid newspaper, in the later period of the political party newspaper, in order to avoid the bad luck of suspension, it took a neutral position, pursued "enterprise-oriented" and "reporting first", worked hard to collect exclusive news, and dispatched reporters at home and abroad. It is currently Japan's representative newspaper and has a great influence on the intellectual community and the middle and upper classes of society. The joint-stock company system was implemented in 1919. There are four head offices across the country and four general bureaus abroad, with no local editions.
"The Yomiuri Shimbun" (99 new names): Founded in Tokyo in 1874, the founders were Zi Anjun, Honno Shengyang, and Shibata Masakichi. It is the largest circulation newspaper in Japan, serving citizens and small and medium-sized enterprises. The owner targets readers and publishes a large number of literary works, which has the characteristics of a "literary newspaper". Since 1950, the joint-stock company system has been implemented. It has four branches in China and three general bureaus abroad. It has morning and evening publications and a satellite edition in New York.
"Mainichi Shimbun": One of Japan's national newspapers, "Osaka Mainichi Shimbun" merged with "Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun" in 1911, and began to use "Mainichi Shimbun" as its registration form in 1943 . Originally, the main readers were farmers, but now efforts are being made to win over citizen readers, but the development is unfavorable. In 1918, the joint-stock company system was implemented, with four branches in China and two general bureaus abroad, with morning and evening publications.
"Nihon Keizai Shimbun": Japan's largest economic newspaper. It was formed in 1942 by the merger of several economic newspapers in the Kanto region. It is a joint-stock company with two branches in Tokyo and Osaka. There are two general bureaus in New York and London, and the information database is famous in Japan.
"Sankei Shimbun": Japan's largest financial newspaper. It was formed in 1942 by the merger of several economic newspapers in the Kansai region. It is a national newspaper and a joint-stock company. It has two branches in Tokyo and Osaka and publishes morning and evening issues.
"Red Flag"
"Literary Spring and Autumn"
The prototype of Japanese newspapers had already appeared in the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate. At that time, people reported what happened Major events were engraved on clay in the form of words and pictures, made into tiles, fired and printed on paper. They could be read and sold on the street, so they were called "Yomiuri tile plates". The shogunate implemented a policy of seclusion, which made information communication in Japan not smooth. Only high-level celebrities had the opportunity to read most newspapers, and ordinary people could not read them. In 1868, the Meiji government founded Japan's first official newspaper, "Taishōkanki", in Kyoto, which mainly published the emperor's edicts, military intelligence, and promulgated government decrees. In the same year, Yanagawa Haruzo sponsored Japan's first unofficial newspaper, Chugai Shimbun. In addition to publishing domestic news, it also translated news from foreign newspapers and periodicals, which received a good response. In order to strengthen its control over newspapers, the Meiji government also formulated the first press law in Japanese history, the Newspaper Publishing Ordinance, in 1869. In April 1870, the Yokohama Mainichi Shimbun, the earliest regularly published daily newspaper in Japan, was founded. Its appearance marked the birth of a truly modern newspaper in Japan [7]. After the Meiji Restoration, the Meiji government gradually became more liberal in its policy towards newspapers.