Rotard, A. (2021) Imperial Japanese Propaganda and the Founding of The Japan Times 1897-1904. Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 19 (12). 2. ISSN 1557-4660
Abstract
Founded in 1897 as a semi-official government organ by Zumoto Motosada with the support of Itō Hirobumi and Fukuzawa Yukichi, The Japan Times played an essential role, as the first English-language newspaper to be edited by Japanese, in shaping Western understandings of Japan and Japanese modernisation in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The Japan Times framed Japanese ‘modernisation’ in the language of Western civilisation, thus facilitating Japan’s rapprochement with the Western Powers (particularly with Great Britain) in the late 19th century by presenting Japan as a ‘civilised’ (i.e., Western) nation-state. The paper played an equally important role in manipulating Western public discourses in favour of Japan’s expansionist ambitions in Asia by framing justifications for Japanese foreign policy in concepts of Western civilisation.
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Keywords: | Meiji-era Japanese propaganda, The Japan Times, Zumoto Motosada, Japanese Imperialism, Anglo-Japanese rapprochement, colonisation of Korea |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2025 10:01 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2025 10:01 |
Published Version: | https://apjjf.org/2021/12/rotard |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Asia-Pacific Journal |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224412 |