Hainan New Journal

Japanese: 《海南新誌》 - かいなんしんし

...A daily newspaper published in Kochi before World War II by the Liberal Party and later the Seiyukai Party. It was founded in 1877 after the merger and title change of the Kainan Shinshi and Doyo Zasshi. It ceased publication in April 1878, but in 1880, the second Doyo Shimbun was launched on December 14, 1881 as a replacement newspaper for the Risshisha newspaper Kochi Shimbun (second edition).

From Risshisha

...By addressing the deep dissatisfaction of the people with the government's policy of enriching the country and strengthening the military, this marked a turning point in the development of the civil rights movement into a national movement. In the same year, the group began holding public political speeches in Kochi Prefecture and also published its journals, Hainan Shinshi and Doyo Zasshi. In April of the following year, 1878, it decided to revive the Aikokusha and sent out campaigners to various parts of western Japan, achieving its revival in September. ...

*Some of the terminology used in the Hainan Xinji Journal is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第2次大戦前，高知で発行されていた自由党系，後に政友会系の日刊紙。《海南新誌》と《土陽雑誌》が合併改題し，1877年創刊される。78年4月休刊するが，80年立志社の機関紙《高知新聞》(第2次)の身代り新聞として81年12月14日，第2次の《土陽新聞》が創刊された。…