Jiji Shinpo - Jiji Shinpo

Japanese: 時事新報 - じじしんぽう

A daily newspaper founded by Yukichi Fukuzawa on March 1, 1882. At the time, the Seiron Shimbun newspaper in Tokyo was in its heyday as the organ newspaper of the Liberal Party, the Progressive Party, and the Imperial Party, but as a neutral newspaper (although with some Progressive Party influence) that espoused "independence and harmony between the government and the private sector," it garnered support from readers and was regarded as Japan's leading newspaper until the mid-Taisho period, earning the nickname "Japan's No. 1 Jiji Shimpo." The company was run by graduates of Keio University, and in 1892 it signed an exclusive communications contract with Reuters, appealing to readers by featuring a wealth of economic articles. In particular, on March 1, 1907, it published a 224-page special issue to commemorate its 25th anniversary, surprising the public. However, due to the poor performance of the Osaka Jiji, which had been launched in 1905 just before that, the company's management continued to deteriorate, and it was dealt a decisive blow by the Great Kanto Earthquake. At one point, Kanebo's Muto Sanji took over management of the paper, but it ceased publication with the December 28, 1936 issue. After World War II, it was relaunched with the New Year's Day issue of 1946, but was unsuccessful, and in 1955 it was absorbed into the Sankei Shimbun and became Sankei Jiji, dropping the name Jiji in a 1958 name change. However, it is an important newspaper to remember in the history of the development of Japanese newspapers, from political debate newspapers to news newspapers.

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Japanese:

福沢諭吉が 1882年3月1日に創刊した日刊紙。当時の東京の政論新聞は，自由党，改進党，帝政党の機関紙の全盛時代であったが，「独立不羈，官民調和」を旗印とする中立新聞 (ただし，いくらか改進党色) として読者の支持を集め，大正の中期まで日本の代表的新聞と目され「日本一の時事新報」と称した。社の運営には慶應義塾出身者があたり，1892年にはロイター通信社と通信独占契約を結び，経済記事の充実を特色として読者に訴えた。特に 1907年3月1日には 224ページもの創刊 25周年記念号を発行し，世間を驚嘆させた。しかしその直前の 1905年に創刊した『大阪時事』の不振などのせいで，経営は悪化し続け，関東大震災で決定的に打撃を受けた。一時は鐘紡の武藤山治が経営に乗り出したが，1936年 12月 28日号で廃刊。第2次世界大戦後の 1946年元旦号から復刊したが，成功せず，1955年『産経新聞』に吸収されて『産経時事』となり，1958年の改称で「時事」の名は消えた。しかし政論新聞から報道新聞へという日本の新聞の発達史上，忘れてはならない新聞である。

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