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ese daily newspaper to be published in an evening edition.
[Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). "''Miyako Shimbun''" in ] It was established in
Nagoya.
History
When the newspaper was founded in 1884, its name was . The name was changed to ''Miyako Shinbun'' in 1888.
In the first decade of the 20th century, the circulation of ''Miyako Shinbun'' was among the top seven in Japan.
In the 1930s, ''
Mainichi Shimbun'' was in direct competitor with ''Miyako Shinbun.'' The publication was also recognized in the foreign press.
It merged with the ''
Kokumin Shinbun'' in 1942 to form the ''
Tokyo Shimbun
''The Tokyo Shimbun'' (東京新聞, ''Tōkyō Shinbun'', literally ''Tokyo Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published by The Chunichi Shimbun Company. The group publishes newspapers under the brand name of The Tokyo Shimbun in the Tokyo Metr ...
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Literary serials
The journal published a number of literary serials. In the 1890s, the newspaper had established a reputation for carrying translated or adapted versions of Western novels; but the advent of the
First Sino-Japanese War became, in part, a cause for a shift in emphasis to featuring the work of Japanese writers.
One of these was ''Daibosatsu Toge'' by
Nakazato Kaizan Nakazato may refer to:
Places
*Nakazato Dam, dam in Mie Prefecture, Japan
* Nakazato Station, Japanese railway station in Kami-Motoyama-cho, Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefectureon the Nishi-Kyūshū Line.
* Echigo-Nakazato Station, Japanese railway sta ...
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The work was presented to the public in 41 volumes; and it contains 1533 chapters. This historical novel was the longest in the Japanese language until ''Tokugawa Ieyasu''. 5.7 million Japanese characters.
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See also
* Japanese newspapers
* Media of Japan
Notes
References
*Miller, John Scott. (2001). ''Adaptations of Western literature in Meiji Japan.'' New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
OCLC 237498079
* Nishizawa, Iwata. (1917). ''Japan in the Taisho era. In Commemoration of the Enthronement.'' Tokyo: Japan Gazette
OCLC 28706155
Internet Archive: online, full-text version
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301
External links
''Tokyo Shimbun''
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Daily newspapers published in Japan
Mass media in Nagoya