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NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN.
Magazines, Weeklies and Dailies
Of the Mikado's Empire.
va ExTRA LOW As eoawAL

Papers Are Puhlished-Text In ANY
Periodical begins al the First Line
81 Head Of Right column and
Reads Down-A Specimen Heading.
.rhe statement that there are three
times as many children ii the ele-
meuiary schools ID Japan as there are
in Russia and that the japanese are
essentially reading public has come
rather as surprise 10 Americans who
know SO little about the intellectual at
tainments Of Aslauc peoples. There
are an kinds Of magazines. monthlies.
weeklies ana dailies published IN the
mikados empire, issued with editorial
insight and by publication methods
which will bear comparison with those
Of any occidental country This de-
velopment Of periodical publishing IS
young. says the American Monthly Re-
view 81 Reviews. II was only some
seven Or eight years ago that the mod
ern printing press was adopted, but
magazine and newspaper publishing is
now promising enterprise Ia Japan.
Tokyo. the capital naturally pub
fishes the most influential periodicals.
The Taiyo is monthly magazine Of
popular interest, fully illustrated. with
a circulation Of more than 10000. The
Taiyo was originally composed Of a
number OF different monthly maya.
zines published by one company, and
the combination is nicknamed the Elk
hibition Magazine 1t has com
mercial supplement printed IN English.
known as the sun Trade Journal The
Tokyo Keizai zasshi Tokyo Economic
Journal is a weekly. the oldest pub
LEGATION IN the empire, devoted to
economies and finances Ifs editor and
proprietor. the Hon Yukichi Iaguehi,
u member of The national house Of
representatives and one Of the best
known economists Of Japan He adj
.yocates The principle Of free trade The
Togo Keizei ZasshI Oriental Economic
Journal Is the other Tokyo weekly, de-
voted to economies and finances 1t IS
edited by DR. Tameynki Amano. He
advocates the protective policy, and
the text books on economies used in
the schools Of the empire are largely
Of bis preparation The Togo Zasshi
is only few years old. There are
number of religious journals, the best
known Of which Is the Keisei of Tokyo.
The kyoikn Koho is an educational
weekly Of the capital. Most OF these
are Illustrated
There are $50 daily newspapers IN
the empire Of which eleven have a ma
tional reputation. sixteen daiies are
published IN Tokyo alone. all OF them
issued ID the morning The three most
famous are the Jijl SlIimpo lTimes3
perhaps the best representative of the
dailies 1t has On enFlable reputation
for prompt ana reliable national aud
foreign news Kokumin Shimbun
National News * dignifled newspa-
per 81 general interest II T. edited
with high literary touch The Niehini-
eli DAILY News i dignined and IN
auentaL Tie Tokyo Asahl shimbun
fAiOrning SUI News Il enc Of the
popular newsy journals Of file empire
The IIochi Shlmbun dispatch Is one
IT the organs of tie Progressive party,
as are also tie iomiuri Shimbun
fReadef3 and The Tokyo Nainiehi SHIN
bun gnailx Newsl. The Nihon Japan
Is the daily most popular with the stu
dents. Other publications 81 the CAPT
tai are the Ieimin Shimbun Com
monerl, 81 weekly Journal Of socialist
propaganda, the Japan Mail, weekly
and daily. published in English and
owned BY an Englishman, and the
Japan Times, published in English, but
owned aud edited by d Japanese.
Osaka. tie commercial center Of tile
empire, has two daiiies with large cir.
culation Osaka Asahi (Morning SUM.
the most widely circulated daily 10 Ja-
pan, and the Osaka Maiuichi Osaka
Daily These two are influential pa-
pers. politically aud commercially The
Hinode Shimbun aising sun News is
d national daily of Kioto
The japanese press Is showing d
rapid evolution toward western mod
ELS. The events Of the present war are
responsible for extras, which are
sold ID the streets by newsboys, Of,
rather, newsmen, III true American
fashion The newsmen are bare limb
90. with i tenugui, q sort 81 napkin,
around the head. with small bel 1T
the belt which rings as they run The
special news supplement Or extra,
Is known as the gogwai The text ia
d Japanese newspaper Of any other
periodical. begins at the first line at
the head Of the right column and reads
down The first line gives tie name Of
the paper. Che date, the price, postal
instructions. ETC.. The second line, the
catch heading Of the extra. The
reading Is done vertically, just as in
the title. The interesting and signlh-
cant portions are emphasized by black
points at the side, which serve the pur.
pose of large type or italics. Following
are the headings and the FIRST para
graph 81 the first war extra OF the Jill
shimpo Of Tokyo, dated Feb 10
GREAT VICTORY or THE fMPE.
RIAL FLEET
Especial telegram from Shlho 10 the Jijl
shimpol
la a great naval battle between the
Japanese and the Russians, at Port