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The was the first Okinawan newspaper."Ryūkyū Shimpō." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia")
Ryukyu Shimpo
(琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 6 September 2009. It was founded in 1893 by Shō Jun, a former prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, and is still in publication today. Historian George H. Kerr says of the newspaper, upon its founding, that it "strengthened leadership and promoted the development of informed opinion on matters of public concern". It has also been described as speaking for the former ruling class of the kingdom. Editor-in-chief
Kotobank.jp
2008. Accessed 6 September 2009. During World War II, as the result of the national government's Newspaper Unification Policy, the paper was combined with the ''Okinawa Asahi'' and Okinawa Daily News (''Okinawa Nippō'') into the ''Okinawa Shimpō'', and did not resume publication under the name "Ryūkyū Shimpō" until after the end of the war. Today, it has the largest print-run of newspapers in Okinawa with both morning and evening editions, and the newspaper company is connected to a number of other businesses, including Ryūkyū Shimpō Shipping, Ryūkyū Shimpō Development, and
The was the first Okinawan newspaper."Ryūkyū Shimpō." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia")Ryukyu Shimpo
(琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 6 September 2009. It was founded in 1893 by Shō Jun, a former prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, and is still in publication today. Historian George H. Kerr says of the newspaper, upon its founding, that it "strengthened leadership and promoted the development of informed opinion on matters of public concern". It has also been described as speaking for the former ruling class of the kingdom. Editor-in-chief
Ōta Chōfu
was a prominent Ryukyuan journalist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, famous for his involvement in the Kōdō-kai Movement, advocating the maintenance of hereditary rule of Okinawa under the heirs to the royal family of Ryūkyū.
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, along with others from the newspaper, played a role in the Kōdō-kai Movement The Kodo-kai ( ''Kōdō-kai'', ''Koh-doh-kai'') is a yakuza criminal organization based in Nagoya, Japan. It is a secondary organization of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan. With an estimated membership of 4,000, ...
, arguing for leadership of the prefecture to remain hereditary within the Shō family, and opposing the Freedom and People's Rights Movement led in Okinawa by, among others, Jahana Noboru
was an official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, and an Okinawan rights activist, in connection with the .
Life and career
Jahana Noboru was born in 1865 into a farming family in Kochinda, Okinawa, Kochinda ''magiri''"Jahana Nobo ...
.Shinzato, Keiji, et al. ''Okinawa-ken no rekishi'' (沖縄県の歴史, "History of Okinawa Prefecture"). Tokyo: Yamakawa Publishing, 1996. p192.
The Ryūkyū Shimpō company involved itself in development and modernization efforts in the island prefecture, spurring agricultural production and innovation by hosting competitions and exhibitions, and arranged in 1915 for the first demonstration of an airplane in Okinawa.Kerr. pp430-432
Originally published every other day, it became a daily newspaper in 1906."Ryūkyū Shimpō.Kotobank.jp
2008. Accessed 6 September 2009. During World War II, as the result of the national government's Newspaper Unification Policy, the paper was combined with the ''Okinawa Asahi'' and Okinawa Daily News (''Okinawa Nippō'') into the ''Okinawa Shimpō'', and did not resume publication under the name "Ryūkyū Shimpō" until after the end of the war. Today, it has the largest print-run of newspapers in Okinawa with both morning and evening editions, and the newspaper company is connected to a number of other businesses, including Ryūkyū Shimpō Shipping, Ryūkyū Shimpō Development, and
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