Yorozu Chōhō

Yorozu Chōhō

Yorozu Chōhō, 1892
Type	Daily newspaper
Founder(s)	Kuroiwa Shūroku
Founded	November 1, 1892
Ceased publication	1940
Country	Japan
Media of Japan List of newspapers

The Yorozu Chōhō (萬朝報, lit. 'Complete Morning Report') was a Japanese daily newspaper founded by Kuroiwa Shūroku. Founded on November 1, 1892, the newspaper took a pro-civilian stance. The newspaper ceased publication in 1940 and was incorporated into Tokyo Maiyu Shimbun.

History

Founded by Kuroiwa Shūroku on November 1, 1892, the newspaper was originally published as a tabloid to appeal to the working class.[1]: 33  The newspaper is cheap and easy to read, which also had a penchant for pursuing scandals and had been ordered to cease publication by the government on several occasions.[2]: 193 [1]: 34  Kuroiwa Shūroku also published some of his own short translations in this newspaper.[2]: 193  While the United States was experiencing "yellow journalism", the situation was somewhat different in Japan, where Yorozu Chōhō was one of the first to print newspapers on red paper, and where news that struck a chord with the people came to be known as "red newspapers".[1]: 33  By the end of the 1890s, however, it had become one of the most widely published newspapers in Japan had attracted some celebrities such as Kōtoku Shūsui and Uchimura Kanzō.[3]

In early 1901, the paper's editors became involved in a labor dispute, and subsequently Risōdan (Ideal corps), a Christian socialist group focused on the rights of Japanese workers, was formed within the paper.[4] After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the newspaper initially took an anti-war stance, but then adopted a pro-war, pro-government stance, which led to the resignations of Kōtoku Shūsui, Uchimura Kanzō, and Sakai Toshihiko.[5]: 123  Sales of this newspaper plummeted during the war.[6]

After the Russo-Japanese War, the newspaper was further commercialized, and many stores were opened under its name.[2]: 320  After the High Treason incident, this newspaper publicly criticized its former employee, Kōtoku Shūsui.[2]: 341–342 

In 1940, the newspaper ceased publication and was incorporated into Tokyo Maiyu Shimbun.[7]

References

1. Dorman, Benjamin (2012). Celebrity gods: new religions, media, and authority in occupied Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3621-4.
2. Huffman, James L. (1997). Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1882-1. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
3. Gavin, Masako (1 September 2016). "A Meiji Christian Socialist Becomes a Spokesperson for Japan: Kawakami Kiyoshi's "Pilgrimage in the Sacred Land of Liberty"". East Asia. 33 (3): 180. doi:10.1007/s12140-016-9257-7. ISSN 1874-6284. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
4. Gavin, Masako (1 September 2016). "A Meiji Christian Socialist Becomes a Spokesperson for Japan: Kawakami Kiyoshi's "Pilgrimage in the Sacred Land of Liberty"". East Asia. 33 (3): 181. doi:10.1007/s12140-016-9257-7. ISSN 1874-6284. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
5. Modern Japan: an encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism. New York: Garland Pub., Inc. 1998. ISBN 978-0-815-32525-3.
6. Wells, David; Wilson, Sandra (1999). The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904–05. Springer. pp. 169–170. ISBN 9780230514584.
7. Frédéric, Louis (2002). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 1058. ISBN 978-0-674-00770-3.

External links

• "万朝報". Kotobank (in Japanese).