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Fuzan Nippō
was a Japanese-language newspaper published in Busan, Korea from 1905 to 1945. It previously went by the names ''Chōsen Nippō'' (; ; different from the modern ''The Chosun Ilbo, Chosun Ilbo'') and ''Chōsen Jiji Shinpō'' (; ). It was one of the most prominent Japanese newspapers in Korea during the Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese colonial period, alongside the ''Keijō Nippō'' and ''Chōsen Shinbun''. Upon the 1945 liberation of Korea, the newspaper's assets were seized by the United States and repurposed into the modern ''Busan Ilbo''. Digital copies are available, scanned and searchable, on the Korean Newspaper Archive. Many original copies of the newspaper from 1914 to 1944 are now stored in the Busan Simin Municipal Library, although some show signs of fire damage. History The newspaper was founded by Kuzuu Shusuke () in February 1905, in what is now , Busan. It was first published under the name ''Chōsen Nippō''. In November 1905, it changed its name to ''Chōs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
