Helen Chapin's Guide to Newspapers of Hawaiʻi, 1834-2000
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Between the years: 1918 to 1920
1) Title: Boy, The
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: not listed in Chapin Island: not listed in Chapin
Frequency: not listed in Chapin Dates: Nov 1916-Jul 1919
Publisher/Editor Info: Editor: Rev. M. Umetaro Okamura.
Title Info: Continued by The New Americans.
Notes: Youth publication.
Holdings: UHM HP
2) Title: Dobo, The
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: monthly Dates: 1900-Dec 1941
Publisher/Editor Info: Publisher: Young Men's Buddhist Assn. Editors: Y. Imamura, S.K. Ebisaka, Mitsuyuki Kido, Kenji Ohtomo, et al.
Title Info: Also called the Monthly Dobo. In Japanese 1900-1924; English section added 1924.
Notes: 4-8 pp tabloid. Church bulletin with stories, essays, and sketches. Emphasized 'loyalty to the Stars & Stripes.'
Holdings: UHM HP
UHM Call Number: BL1400 .D62
3) Title: Hawaii Asahi Shinbun
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Hilo Island: Hawaiʻi
Frequency: T, Th, S mornings, frequency varies Dates: 1913-1928
Publisher/Editor Info: Publishers: H. Oshiro, Y. Hori.
Title Info: Began as Kaminari Shinbun (Thunderbolt Newspaper).
Notes: Church paper, semi-official organ of the Hongwanji (Buddhist) Mission.
Holdings: nhf Sources: Sakamaki
4) Title: Hawaii Hochi (Hawaii News Record)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: weekly, then daily Dates: 7 Dec 1912-Oct 1942; 1952-
Publisher/Editor Info: Publishers: Hawaii Hochi, Frederick K. Makino, Mrs. Frederick Makino, Shizuoka Shimbun, Konosuki Oishi, Paul Yempuku (2000). Editors: Frederick Makino, Kenji Hamada, Mitsunori Shoji, Keiri Kannbayahi (2000), et al. Eng Editors: George Wright, James Brown, et al.
Notes: One of Hawaiʻi's two most influential Japanese language papers (with Nippu Jiji). An English section added in 1925 as The Bee, George Wright ed. Makino (1912-1953) crusaded for equal rights and fair treatment for Japanese Americans. He informed the Japanese communty on issues such as the Territory's attempt to shut down the Japanese language schools. Local, national, international news; wire services, legal notices, comics, sports, radio and tv logs. Published every day for 85 years except during the month following the attack on Pearl Harbor. (See Hawaii Herald, 1942-1952). Special editions such as 'Tenth Anniversary of the Victory of the Japanese Language School Litigation 1927-1937,' and 42-50 pp on New Year's. Today, 8 pp, 2 in English, full size, 2-color. For Japan nationals: Japanese political, business, and economic news, sports, legal notices. The 4th oldest newspaper still in circulation in Hawaiʻi, the only Japanese language daily in Hawaiʻi, and one of 3 in the U.S. 12,000 circulation statewide.
Holdings: HSL mf, UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
UHM Call Number: DU628 .M3 A76
Microfilm Master Held By: University of Hawaii at Manoa Microfilm Master Notes: Reels: 88
5) Title: Hawaii Hochi (Hawaii News Record)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: weekly, then daily Dates: 7 Dec 1912-Oct 1942; 1952 - continuing
Publisher/Editor Info: Publishers: Hawaii Hochi, Frederick K. Makino, Mrs. Frederick Makino, Shizuoka Shimbun, Konosuki Oishi, Paul Yempuku (2000). Editors: Frederick Makino, Kenji Hamada, Mitsunori Shoji, Keiri Kannbayahi (2000), et al. Eng Editors: George Wright, James Brown, et al.
Notes: One of Hawaiʻi's two most influential Japanese language papers (with Nippu Jiji). An English section added in 1925 as The Bee, George Wright ed. Makino (1912-1953) crusaded for equal rights and fair treatment for Japanese Americans. He informed the Japanese communty on issues such as the Territory's attempt to shut down the Japanese language schools. Local, national, international news; wire services, legal notices, comics, sports, radio and tv logs. Published every day for 85 years except during the month following the attack on Pearl Harbor. (See Hawaii Herald, 1942-1952). Special editions such as 'Tenth Anniversary of the Victory of the Japanese Language School Litigation 1927-1937,' and 42-50 pp on New Year's. Today, 8 pp, 2 in English, full size, 2-color. For Japan nationals: Japanese political, business, and economic news, sports, legal notices. The 4th oldest newspaper still in circulation in Hawaiʻi, the only Japanese language daily in Hawaiʻi, and one of 3 in the U.S. 12,000 circulation statewide.
Holdings: HSL mf, UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
Microfilm Master Held By: Hawaii State Archives Microfilm Master Notes: Reels: 88
6) Title: Hawaii Mainichi (Hawai Mainichi, Hawaii Daily)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Hilo Island: Hawaiʻi
Frequency: daily except Sun Dates: 1912-1941
Publisher/Editor Info: Publishers/Editors: Jiro Hayakawa, Mr. Tokushino, Mr. Okubo, Sam Okinaga. (See below for updated information.)
Title Info: Continues Hawaii (Hawai) Shokumin Shinbun.
Notes: 4 pp. Begun by Jiro Hayakawa, it was the only Japanese language daily on Hawaiʻi island in the 1920s. Printed in Japanese and English 1930-1942. Generally moderate editorially. Tokushino spearheaded a drive for a Red Cross plane to Japan in the 1930s. The military Government shut him down on 7 Dec 1941, and Tokushino and his Nisei son were arrested and interned for the war's duration. 7,000 circulation. (See below for updated information.)
Holdings: AH Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
Information Acquired After Chapin Compilation Completed: Publishers/Editors: Jiro Hayakawa, Nobuji Tokushiro, Genichi Okubo, Sanji Abe. Notes: Founded by Jiro Hayakawa, it was the only Japanese language daily on the island of Hawaiʻi during the 1920s. Printed in Japanese and English 1930-1941. Editorially nationalistic during the 1930s. In 1938, Tokushiro spearheaded a drive to purchase a warplane for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The military government shut the paper down on 7 Dec. 1941. Tokushiro was interned for the war's duration. 7,000 circulation. Sources: Sakamaki, Union List, Office of Naval Intelligence, Hawaii Hochi, Nippu Jiji. Post-Chapin Info Source: Dr. John J. Stephan
7) Title: Hawaii Nippo (Hawaii Daily Report)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: daily Dates: 21 Oct 1916-1925
Title Info: Continues Hawaii Choho.
Holdings: nhf
8) Title: Hawaii Shinpo
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, some English Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: daily Dates: Mar 1894-1926
Publisher/Editor Info: Owners/Editors: Bunnosuke Shimizu, T. Hirose, Yasutara Soga, Sometaro Sheba, Masajiro Takahashi, Mrs. Masako Takahashi, S. Sheba, Chuzaburo Shiozawa, H. Tsarushima, Masao Sagawa
Title Info: Merged with Hawaii Jiyu Shinbun. Continued by Shokumin Shinbun (Hawaii Shokumin Shinbun)
Notes: Started as a magazine by Chuzaburo Shiozawa. The 1st Japanese language daily in Hawaiʻi, with a circulation of 100. Grew to being the leading general circulation Japanese language paper for 30 years. Mrs. Takahashi ran the of?ce and sold ads. Generally moderate, as in its opposition to the 1912 strike, but became pro-Labor after it was bought out in 1920 by strike leaders.
Holdings: BM Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
UHM Call Number: Microfilm V91251
9) Title: Jiyu Shinbun (Hawaii Freedom Newspaper)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Kona Island: Hawaiʻi
Frequency: weekly, afternoons Dates: 1918
Holdings: nhf Sources: Sakamaki
10) Title: Kauai Shinpo (Kawai Shinpo)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Līhuʻe Island: Kauaʻi
Frequency: weekly Dates: 9 Apr 1904-1942
Publisher/Editor Info: Publisher: S. Sheba, Kauai Shinpo Ltd. Editors: T. Fukunaka, Uichi Fujita, K. Azawa, et al.
Notes: In 1902, Sheba began The Garden Island in 2 separate editions, English and Japanese. In 1904, these became separate papers, the Japanese titled Kauai Shinpo. Among the few Japanese language papers to support management during Labor strife in 1909, the 1920s, and 1930s. Shinpo implied progress or progressive. Could also mean new report.
Holdings: AH, KHS Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
11) Title: Kona Echo (Kona Hankyo)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Hōlualoa, Kona Island: Hawaiʻi
Frequency: weekly, semi-monthly Dates: 1897-1941; 1 Apr 1950-July 1951; in Japanese only 1908-1925
Publisher/Editor Info: Publishers/Editors: Dr. Harvey Saburo Hayashi, J. B. Dixon.
Notes: 8 pp mimeo, then typeset tabloid. The 2nd paper on the Big Island and the 1st in West Hawaiʻi. Produced by the Doctor, Mrs. Hayashi, and their children. Supported the Japanese language schools and Labor movement. Carried news, features of interest to Issei and their families. Delivered evenings door to door. 700 circulation when shut down during World War II by the military Government. Reactivated 1950-1951 by Dixon.
Holdings: AH, HHS, HSL mf, O - Japanese Immigrant Museum, Hilo, UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
UHM Call Number: Microfilm V51063
12) Title: Kona Echo (Kona Hankyo)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Hōlualoa, Kona Island: Hawaiʻi
Frequency: weekly, semi-monthly Dates: 1897-1941; 1 Apr 1950-July 1951; in Japanese only 1908-1925
Publisher/Editor Info: Publishers/Editors: Dr. Harvey Saburo Hayashi, J. B. Dixon.
Notes: 8 pp mimeo, then typeset tabloid. The 2nd paper on the Big Island and the 1st in West Hawaiʻi. Produced by the Doctor, Mrs. Hayashi, and their children. Supported the Japanese language schools and Labor movement. Carried news, features of interest to Issei and their families. Delivered evenings door to door. 700 circulation when shut down during World War II by the military Government. Reactivated 1950-1951 by Dixon.
Holdings: AH, HHS, HSL mf, O - Japanese Immigrant Museum, Hilo, UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
UHM Call Number: Microfilm V51063
13) Title: Kona Shuho (Kona Weekly)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Kealakekua, Kona Island: Hawaiʻi
Frequency: weekly Dates: 1915-1920
Publisher/Editor Info: Editor: H. Saito.
Holdings: BM Sources: Union List
14) Title: Kwazan (Volcano)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Hilo Island: Hawaiʻi
Frequency: semi-weekly Dates: 14 Dec 1914-1921?
Publisher/Editor Info: Publisher/Editor: Kohachi Yamamura. Editor: T. Fukunaga.
Notes: 4 pp. Owned by a group of men and noted for its crusading causes, principally against the 1920 plantation strike by Japanese Labor on the plantations. Title means moral crusader. 3,000 circulation.
Holdings: hina Sources: Sakamaki
15) Title: Makiki Kyoho (Makiki Religious Herald)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: not listed in Chapin Dates: 1919
Title Info: Continues Aiyu. Continued by Rakuen Jiho (Paradise Times).
Notes: Church paper.
Sources: Sakamaki
16) Title: Maui Record (Maui Rekodo)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English, some Filipino Place: Wailuku Island: Maui
Frequency: semi-weekly Dates: Nov 1916-9 Dec 1941
Publisher/Editor Info: Publisher/Editor: Noburo Koito. Editor: N. K. Otsuka.
Notes: The leading, longest-running, Japanese language paper on Maui. Democrat in politics, pro-statehood, and for 'Americanization' of Island Japanese. An English section was added in 1928. Broad coverage on economic, social, Cultural, sports events. Shut down at the onset of World War II.
Holdings: UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
UHM Call Number: Microfilm V51118
17) Title: Maui Shinbun
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Wailuku Island: Maui
Frequency: semi-weekly Dates: 4 Jul 1904-5 Dec 1941
Publisher/Editor Info: Editors: K.Yokogawa, T. Kaneko, S. Yasui.
Notes: Sakamaki states the paper began in 1904; Union List states 1906. The English section was added in 1928. Shinbun means progress or progressive. Neutral during strikes and language school controversy, it encouraged 'Americanization' of the younger generation and Japan-America peace and good will. The paper was shut down at the start of World War II.
Holdings: HSL mf, UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
18) Title: New Americans, The
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: monthly, frequency varies Dates: Dec 1916-Jun 1933
Publisher/Editor Info: Editor: Rev. Umetaro Okumura.
Title Info: Continues The Boy
Notes: Promoted the welfare of Hawaiʻi-born Americans of Japanese ancestry. Paper's advisory council was composed primarily of Christian ministers. Name change from The Boy to The New Americans was made after World War I, in Jul 1919. Circulation 3,000.
Holdings: hina Sources: Sakamaki
UHM Call Number: JK1788 .N49
19) Title: Nippu Jiji
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: daily except Sun Dates: 1 Nov 1905-22 Oct 1942
Publisher/Editor Info: Publisher: Honoruru-Shi Nippu Jiji Sha; Editors: Yasutaro Soga, Shigeo Soga.
Title Info: Continues Yamato Shimbun. Continued by Hawaii Times.
Notes: One of the 2 most influential general circulation Japanese language papers in this century (with Hawaii Hochi). Served to remind Island Japanese of their heritage and encouraged them to become good citizens in their new home. Soga was interned during World War II, and his son became editor. Special anniversary and New Year editions up to 60 pp. Title connotes current times or events. Achieved 10,000 circulation.
Holdings: HSL mf, UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
UHM Call Number: Microfilm S90032
Microfilm Master Held By: other Microfilm Master Notes: Master: Hawaii State Archives and University of Hawaii at Manoa
1904-1905, 1936-1975, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 156 reels
1941-1950, Hawaii State Archives, 43 reels. Other notes: 1906-1935, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Utah. 1936-current, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
20) Title: Rakuen Jiho (Paradise Times)
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: monthly, bimonthly Dates: Jan 1919-Aug 1939
Publisher/Editor Info: Publisher: Makiki Christian Church. Editors: Rev Takie Okamura, et al.
Title Info: Also titled Koyoho. Began as Paradise Times, changed to The Makiki Kyoho, became Rakuen Jiho.
Notes: 8 pp, full size, religious paper. Started by Rev Takie Okamura for Japanese Christians. Digests, reviews. Opposed to the Territory's attempt in the 1920s to license and in effect close down the Japanese language schools. Distributed to all islands, U.S., Europe, Brazil, China, Japan, and Borneo. Circulation rose to 9,000.
Holdings: BM, HSL mf, UHM mf Sources: Sakamaki, Union List
UHM Call Number: Microfilm V91099
21) Title: Shin Hawaii
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese Place: not listed in Chapin Island: not listed in Chapin
Frequency: weekly Dates: 1918
Holdings: nhf
22) Title: Tomo, The
Category: Japanese Language: Japanese, English Place: Honolulu Island: Oʻahu
Frequency: monthly Dates: 1918
Publisher/Editor Info: Publisher: Japanese Ministers' Assn.
Notes: Church organ of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Assn.
Holdings: HMCS