The Japan Times (English)

Japanese: ジャパン･タイムズ（英語表記）The Japan Times

Japan's leading English-language daily newspaper. It was founded on March 22, 1897, by president Yamada Sueji and editor-in-chief Zumoto Motosada, with the backing of Ito Hirobumi and Fukuzawa Yukichi, and with funding from the financial world, including Mitsui, Mitsubishi, the Bank of Japan, the Yokohama Specie Bank, and Nippon Yusen Kaisha. It was the first English-language newspaper to be managed and edited by a Japanese person. The purpose of its founding was to introduce Japan's economy and culture to the world and to promote public awareness. On May 15, 1905, it switched to an evening edition, and in 1918, it merged with the Japan Mail to become the Japan Times and Mail. In October 1940, it merged with the morning edition, the Japan Advertiser, to become the Japan Times and Advertiser, and published morning and evening editions, but on March 6, 1944, it stopped publishing the evening edition, which remains to this day.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の代表的英字日刊紙。1897年3月22日，山田季治（すえじ）社長，頭本元貞（ずもともとさだ）主筆が，伊藤博文，福沢諭吉の後援をうけ三井，三菱，日本銀行，横浜正金銀行，日本郵船など財界の出資を得て創刊した日刊紙で，日本人の経営，編集になる初の英字新聞。日本の経済，文化全般を海外に紹介し，対外啓発につとめるのが創刊の目的であった。1905年5月15日，夕刊にきりかえ，18年《ジャパン･メール》を合併して《ジャパン･タイムズ･アンド･メール》と改題，40年10月には朝刊の《ジャパン･アドバタイザー》と合併して《ジャパン･タイムズ･アンド･アドバタイザー》と改題，朝夕刊を発行したが，44年3月6日，夕刊を休止，今日に至る。

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