English newspaper - Eiji Shinbun

Japanese: 英字新聞 - えいじしんぶん

A newspaper published in Japan in which English is the primary language. Also called an English-language paper. The first was The Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser (published twice a week), which was launched in June 1861 (Bunkyu 1) by the Englishman A.W. Hansard for foreigners living in Nagasaki. It was also the first newspaper in Japan. After that, English-language newspapers were published one after another in Yokohama, Kobe, Tokyo, and other cities, but all of these were written by foreigners. In March 1897, Zumoto Motosada, with the support of Ito Hirobumi, launched the first English-language newspaper by a Japanese person, The Japan Times.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本で，英語を主たる用語として発行される新聞。英字紙ともいう。1861年(文久1)6月，長崎在住の外国人のためにイギリス人ハンサードA.W.Hansardが創刊した《ナガサキ･シッピング･リスト･アンド･アドバタイザーThe Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser》(週2回刊)が最初。同時にこれは日本での最初の新聞でもあった。その後，横浜，神戸，東京などで次々と英字新聞が発刊されたが，これらはいずれも外国人によるもので，97年3月になって頭本（ずもと）元貞が伊藤博文の支援のもとに日本人による最初の英字紙《ジャパン･タイムズThe Japan Times》を発刊した。

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