"Okinawa Shinpo" - Okinawa Shinpo

…(1) Be strong and defend your job with the conviction that you will win, (2) Your home is also the battlefield, and you should serve sincerely with your whole life, (3) Defend the nation with unity and solidify your position with the power of your neighborhood associations, (4) Do not be fooled by rumors, trust the instructions of the authorities and act accordingly, (5) This is a battle for the nation's fate, so remain calm and do your best to the end. In accordance with the policy of one newspaper per prefecture, in 1940 the three newspapers, the Ryukyu Shimpo, the Okinawa Asahi Shimbun, and the Okinawa Nippo, were merged to form just the Okinawa Shimpo. Censorship was also strict, autonomy was lost, and the newspapers, which had become mouthpieces for the government and the military, no longer told the truth. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Okinawa Shimpo is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…(1)強くあれ，必勝の信念をもって職域を守れ，(2)家庭も戦陣，生活を挙げて御奉公の誠をつくせ，(3)国土防衛は協力一致，隣組の力で持場を固めよ，(4)流言に惑うな，当局の指示を信頼して行動せよ，(5)国運を賭しての戦だ，沈着平静最後までがんばれ，と。新聞も一県一紙の方針のもとに，1940年《琉球新報》《沖縄朝日新聞》《沖縄日報》の3紙が統合して《沖縄新報》のみとなった。検閲もきびしく，自主性は失われ，政府や軍部の代弁機関となった新聞からは，真実を聞かされることはまったくなくなってしまった。…

※「《沖縄新報》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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