News

In a narrow sense, it refers to periodical printed matter that is published for a large number of readers and whose main contents are reports, commentaries, and reviews on current events. In other words, it refers to newspapers. Article 1 of the Newspaper Law, promulgated in May 1909 (repealed in May 1949), defines it as follows: "In this law, the term newspaper refers to works that use a certain title and are published at a specified time or within a specified period of time of less than six months, and works that are published temporarily outside of the specified time period using the same title as the main work."

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…狭い意味では，多数の読者のために刊行される，時事についての報道，解説，評論を主とした内容とする定期印刷物をいう。つまり新聞紙newspaperのことである。1909年5月公布の新聞紙法(1949年5月廃止)第1条は〈本法ニ於テ新聞紙ト称スルハ一定ノ題号ヲ用ヰ時期ヲ定メ又ハ六箇月以内ノ期間ニ於テ時期ヲ定メスシテ発行スル著作物及定時期以外ニ本著作物ト同一題号ヲ用ヰテ臨時発行スル著作物ヲ謂フ〉と定義している。…

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