The Japan Times
During World War II, the newspaper served as an outlet for Imperial Japanese government communication and editorial opinion. It was successively renamed The Japan Times and Mail (1918–1940) following its merger with "The Japan Mail", The Japan Times and Advertiser (1940–1943) following its merger with "The Japan Advertiser", and Nippon Times (1943–1956), before reverting to the "Japan Times" title in 1956. The temporary change to "Nippon Times" occurred during the ban on English language sentiment during World War II-era Japan.