Jiji Press - Jiji Press

A representative news agency in Japan, along with Kyodo News. In October 1945, after the defeat of Japan in the war and the dissolution of Domei Tsushinsha, some of the people who had been with the company got together and took over the Domei's specialized communications (such as economic communications) and publishing services for general subscribers, and in November of that year, the company was established as a joint-stock company. Initially, the company's business scope was determined by a gentleman's agreement with Kyodo News, which had taken over the Domei's news services to newspapers and broadcasting companies. However, as the company's internal structure solidified and its business expanded, it began newspaper and communication services around 1959. In July 1974, the gentleman's agreement with Kyodo News was dissolved, and under the slogan "Bringing the world's movements to Japan, and Japan's voice to the world," the company began to fully provide news services to newspapers and broadcasting companies. Meanwhile, based on the JOIN (Jiji Press Overseas Information Network) plan, the company also set out a direction for promoting internationalization, and continued to extend lines to Europe and the United States and strengthen its transmission and reception systems. In addition to its headquarters in Tokyo, the company has six branches, four general bureaus, and 68 local offices in Japan, and 28 local offices and general bureaus overseas (2011). It has special agreements with overseas news agencies, including AFP (France), Thomson Reuters (UK), Dow Jones (USA), dpa (Germany), and Xinhua News Agency (China). Since establishing the Central Research Company in September 1954, it has been conducting research, as well as publishing various books and the Current Affairs Yearbook.

[Masao Takasu and Takashi Ito]

"The 50-Year History of Jiji Press, edited by the Jiji Press Corporate History Publication Committee" (1995, Jiji Press)

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共同通信社と並ぶ日本の代表的通信社。1945年（昭和20）10月、敗戦によって同盟通信社が解散したのち、同社にいた有志が集まり、同盟の業務のうち一般購読者を対象とする専門通信（経済通信など）および出版業務を引き継ぎ、11月に株式会社組織の通信社として設立した。当初、同盟の業務のうち新聞・放送各社へのニュース・サービスを引き継いだ共同通信社との間に、紳士協定で業務領域を定めていたが、社内体制が固まり、業務の拡充が進むにつれ、1959年ごろから新聞通信サービスを開始。1974年7月、共同通信社との紳士協定を解消、「世界の動きを日本へ、日本の声を世界へ」の標語を掲げ、本格的に新聞・放送各社へのニュース・サービスに乗り出した。一方、JOIN（Jiji Press Overseas Information Network）計画に基づき、国際化推進の方向をも打ち出し、欧米への回線の延長、送受信体制の増強を続けた。東京の本社のほか、国内に6支社、4総局、68支局、海外に28支局・総支局がある（2011）。AFP（フランス）、トムソン・ロイター（イギリス）、ダウ・ジョーンズ（アメリカ）、dpa（ドイツ）、新華社（中国）など海外の通信社と特約を結んでいる。1954年9月に中央調査社を設立して以来、調査事業を行なっているほか、各種単行本や『時事年鑑』などを発行している。

［高須正郎・伊藤高史］

『時事通信社社史刊行委員会編『時事通信社50年史』（1995・時事通信社）』

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