Children's Newspaper - Children's Newspaper

Japanese: 子ども新聞 - こどもしんぶん

A newspaper that targets children as its readership. There are newspapers published by commercial newspaper companies aimed at children, and newspapers published primarily by children themselves. The former are characterized as a "children's version" of a general commercial newspaper, as adults select and provide information that interests children. In Japan, what came to be called "children's newspapers" began in the Taisho era, but initially they lacked the newsiness of newspapers and were more like magazines that focused on reading material. The development of mass media, the establishment of popular culture, and improvements in educational methods during the Taisho era had an impact on the world of children, such as the flourishing of children's literature and an increase in children's magazines, but they did not spread far enough to sustain a children's newspaper with newsiness.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

子どもを読者対象とする新聞。商業新聞社などが子ども向きに発行する新聞と，子ども自身が中心となって発行する新聞とがある。前者は，子どもが興味をもつ情報を大人が選択して与えるので，一般商業新聞の〈子ども版〉的性格をもつ。日本では〈児童新聞〉の名称をもつものは大正年間に始まるが，当初は新聞のニュース性はなく，読物中心の雑誌に近いものであった。大正期のマスコミの発達，大衆文化の成立，教育方法の改善は，子どもの世界にも児童文学の開花，児童雑誌の増加などの影響を与えたが，ニュース性のある子ども新聞を維持できるほどの広がりをもたなかった。

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