Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-08-13

Newspaper
Reporting
in Japan


no means an unattractive business.
said Masanao Hanihara. third secre-
tary of ;he Japanese legation. who
was himself at one time on the local
staff of a Toxic newspaper. and who
later branched out into special work.
eventually establishing a magazine Of
his own.
Il remember the time" continued
Mr.. Hanihara. when there We're OBJ
iections to reporting as a profession.
but that was in the days when the
government had Il strict supervision
OF the newspapers. One couldn't be
too careful then. but we have free
press in Japan now. our newspapers
are Just as independent and enter
prising as the American press. and ev-
cry printing establishment is equipped
with the most up-to-date apparatus,
The facilities for collecting news are
I'm line with the best methods of to-
day.
How are we handling the war
newsg Well. in very much the same
fashion. 1 suppose. as an American
paper would handle IL. Nearly every
one OF the Japanese journals has
corps OF special correspondents at the
/ front and they hurry the news back
20 the central office as fast as they can.
I DO not know after what school of
Journalism the Japanese newspaper is
fashioned. but I 10 know that there
il a corps of editors with designations
lust ike yours. such rs managing edi-
tors. news editors. city editors. etc
I'm Toxic there are about twenty
daily newspapers. These sell on an
average at about one cent n COPY. All
classes are omnivorous readers OF the
newspapers. and around the tea shops
and in the homes you will dnd the
sheets I'm eager demand. With Tokios
population of over n million souls the
circulation OF these newspapers is con-
siderable.
"The duties OF japanese vows
paper STAFF are much the same rules
as would be expected of n newspaper
s man I'm this country. The routes for
each reporter and the special assign
= ments are just as we'll defined. The
: city editor OF Toxic paper usually
has about thirty smart and alert young
men under him. Police news when II
is important is handled i'm American
F., style. There Is always a good man at
s police headquarters. Our police sys-
5 tenn is one OF the finest in the world.
Arrests are made promptly by the
= hlue-coated officers who are stationed
D about the street and when the offend
I crs are arraigncd the next morning
] they are given a full measure of JUS
tice
= Several men. OF course arc as
; signed to the various executive and
T municipal Offices. but OF late the great
n est feature has been the political re-
r porting i'm which prominent statesmen
s. and leaders I'm the nations affairs are
interviewed and their views expressed
So I'm the public prints At the Japanese
n diet special seats are assigned for the
n reporters. who take down the proceed
y iugs from their press gallery AID are
n given every consideration.
t. 'The Japanese reporter is provided
n with a typewriter. just as the japanese
Ia newspaper is provided with the mos
modern press. and in that way no TIM
N is lost in the mechanical features o
n collecting andprinting the newspapers
The typewriters are made with tn
japanese characters on the keys.
III nanUllHE rht4AA AfNN OlA A'N
papers are not as prolific as you
American press. but in gatherings O
state Importance the names of thos
present are always given. and sp'
cial column is reserved for events G
this kind. Perhaps the greatest socis
ed event Of the year is the grand la
IN given by the Secretary of the Stat
III NJ the Imperial Hotel. in Toxic, on NJ
vemher 3. This is attended by all I'll
er functionaries. and the leading sOclet
at women Of Toxic The newspapers il
If variably give full list of those WI
re attend"
ne Mr.. Hanihara long ago gave up Il
newspaper business TO enter the dipl
m matte career in which his promotion
m already assured. but during his co
rv nection with publications in Toxic
m. wrote many articles for japanese ma
.ra azines which attracted wide attentio
and later he made arrangements
start a magazine OF his own called Il
20 Diplomatic Review. of which he is st
-" the owner. and which is rapidly gal
~ ing a very large circulation througho
- the island Washington
c. Times.
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