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Let’s read newspaper－Contents of The Taiwan Shinminpo and Kounan Shinbun
Let’s read newspaper－Contents of The Taiwan Shinminpo and Kounan Shinbun

Publication date: 04 Jul 2022
Author: Lee Yi-ling |Staff member of the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

The Taiwan Minpao, The Taiwan Shinminpo and the subsequent Kounan Shinbun (Kounan News) constituted the newspaper series published between April 1923 and March 1944. However, surviving copies of the daily published since 1932 were few. In view of the importance of this newspaper series, the Institute of Taiwan History began gathering remaining copies both in Taiwan and abroad, and discovered an exclusive collection of The Taiwan Shinminpo (1938-1941). The newspapers carried diverse contents, including political and economic affairs, local news, arts and new knowledge, which are rare and precious historical materials for research on Taiwan history during World War II.

Reviewing the daily newspapers published since April 1932, this article attempts to elucidate the layout format and language use as well as main contents and subject matters covered in the columns. Moreover, it further analyzes the particularity and variations in choice of contents as time evolved and the environment changed. This article provides an in-depth introduction to this newspaper of the Taiwanese, and invites you to read the newspaper and revisit major and minor happenings of Taiwan past.

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Related Collections and References
 I. The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History
  1. Eastern Taiwan Prospect, Guo Shuang-fu Collection, (T1022).
  2. Summary of Hualien Port Construction Plan, Records Preserved by Bank of Taiwan (T0868).
  3. Catalogue of Ninth Taiwan Art Exhibition, Kuo Hsueh-hu Paintings and Papers (T1089).
  4. The Taiwan Shinminpo Nos. 3115 (1939-10-01) and 3116 (1939-10-02), Records of The Taiwan Shinminpo (T1119).
  5. Album of Inspection Photos (17), Kiyoshi Hasegawa Papers (T0886).
II. Taiwan Rare Book Collections
  1. Document Section of the Government-General of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Taipei: Editor, 1908.
  2. Kanya Endo, ed. Views of Campaign Against the Aborigines in Formosa, Taipei: Endo Photo Studio, 1912.
  3. Photographic Society of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Volume 2, Taipei: Editor, December 1914.
  4. Taiwan Nichi Shinpo, ed. Photo of Crusade Against the Truku, Taipei: Editor, 1915.
  5. Japan Travel Association, Taiwan branch, ed. Taiwan Railway Travel Guide (1940 edition), Taipei: Editor, 1940.
III. References
  1. Lin Yu-ju, The Colonial Frontier: Political and Economic Development of Eastern Taiwan, Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd., 2007.
  2. Chang Su-bing, Unaccomplished Colonization: Japanese Immigrant Village in Taiwan, Taipei: Acropolis, 2017.
  3. You Jhih-sheng, “From concentrating in major ports to expanding to regional minor ports: A study on the context of the changing port construction policy of Taiwan Governor General’s Office in the 1930s”, Taiwan Historica 65: 3 (September 2014): 267-306.
  4. Tai Pao-tsun, “Centennial Review of Truku War”, Newsletter of Taiwan Studies 82 (July 2014): 9-11.
  5. Chung Su-ming, “The role of political-merchant in the development of east Taiwan during Japanese colonization - The case of Katakinsaburou”, Taiwan Historical Research 11: 1 (June 2004): 79-117.
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