History・Yokohama
Yokohama Mainichi ShimbunYokohama Mainichi Shimbun
Also known as: 横浜毎日新聞・日刊新聞・first daily newspaper
Japan's first Japanese-language daily newspaper, launched in Yokohama in 1871. Printed on both sides of imported Western paper, a striking innovation for its day, it shows how modern journalism took root in the treaty port of Yokohama.
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