Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-24
JOURNALISM IN JAPAN.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE
LEADING NEWSPAPERS.

Ths First Jspan.s. Daily Rrnuybt or,
'ioh OF the Ne"sPaper"-fhe Con
tInued story Business.
'"', - '7,l Tue ii'>' "aHS III Japan
vas Iauicheu liz i"Aohaliht under the title OF
Inc okohama ana IOAyo Mainici Shlmbun
tlhe Yokohama and TOk yio Journal and il
Is still one Of the leading papers in the
. country. IL is now simply called The Man
ichl ShlLnbun tOr The Daily Journal. and its
headquarters are in Tokyo: nevertheless it
contains more local news Of Yokohama than
any other Of the great dailieS. 1t is prOgres-
slve IN politics. and the editorial column are
under the charge Of thre, able writers, while
the news column, are taken care Of by six
editors The total number Of men cOnnecte,,
/ with this paper i given at about seventy
exclusive Of the type and printing DEPART
mentS. Its daily circulation j. ut present
S.OD, one half Of which Is circulated
In Tokyo and Yokohama and the rest
Throughout the country There is no iS,ue
ON Sundays 1t is four page paper Of
twonty by fifteen inches, to which are added
occasional supplements. The subscription
rate Is 81. 10 per aunum, including postage
10 any part Of tho world; single CODY sell,
for three cents.
The leading paper that came next into ex.
iStence was The Tokyo Nicbi Nichi Shimbun
tIhe Tokyo Daily News. and was started on
Feb. 81, 1872 This is a conservative
paper, and Is with the government in its
political views. Its staff is as follows: Five
managers, J editors. 10 news writers, proof
readers tn clerks. 20 carriers for Tokyo, GO
typcSetters, 80 printers. engineers and
siilith Inc machinery with which this paper
Is printed consists OF steam engine of eighi.
horse power, and tho following machines
VIZ, one OF thlrty-two pages and three of
sixteen pages, Tour foot presses and two hand
lr'NSN. IL Is an eight page paper, twenty
by hIteen inches. Its daily CIrCulato is
qu"''i at lo'"" copies, 900 OF which are
ui'lrl"u'ei III the interior OF the countr! and
Ia ;" '""i''i rs the remaining "''o' are
~ ~ i"NS" IL l. i'S"e,i every "ay except
"iieh inert Is II" Issue. A single copy
:; ;" ~ ,''S' anu 'io ,eaiiE subscription
800 %',i' eN,ia' MI, fukuchi'
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ihe N'eS' Se' tle ilIst "iueiy crCuia'ed
paper among 'ie teapiiIlS Journals III Japan Is
the JIJi chilulo' ne Lines IL was starped
Ill nai Cn' i'-' i'S eNiit". Ial COiuililiS afe
uIu'i Tue Pe'Soiiai super ' le'"h vi hI. uhuS-
a"a' lhe Vi - ui'''oi am o"i'i' "I'n 'i'e CO
opeFatioh oi wv" 'oihtr'en' "ti'eis Ny.
fukuSa"a Is tne man VINO Drought INTO ia
pan from 'he "iVsu "'i'es Tue his' copy oi
"e'Ster uiiaD'i'Seu diS'i"nalE ever I'LL
ported ne h'1' PuplisLeu 'st huiiper OF
uaiislateu "orkS from 'ne r.iiSiiSu at u time
"heh Japan intercourse Win inc western
"orlu WAS III us hilai'cS' io haS 'htS III
FUSED among 'ho 1apaiitso al ihiilleiise
amount OF kno"fedSe ON the alts ana SCI
ehces ana western cNlil%atloh III general.
his later puDlicatlohS are from hls own pen,
but am lhcHheu 10 tniiih tnat us uhilsIa-
tons nave won MIN tue greater tame Ar.
FukuSawa Is besides the founder OF the
largest private college III japan Ihe Times
has five new writers and eleven reporters for
Tokyo. There are other officers who take
charge OF other departments am informed
by gentleman friend of nnne who Is well
posted IN the matter that The Times has
more correspondents IN the different parts oi
the country, aS well rs III foreign countries,
than any other Japanese paper, and this
agrees with my own impression. 1t Is indie
pendent in politics, and the daily circulation