Abstract
Recently the relationship between Japan and Islam, including the study about “the Japanese Policy toward Muslims,” has been the focal point for various studies. It is possible to classify these studies into into four groups: first, central institutions related to Islam; second, central figures related to the policy toward Islam; third, the reaction or opinion of Japanese people to the policy toward Muslims or Islam in general; and, fourth, the activities of Muslims in Japan. Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain results for the third type of study. We need to adopt media research to fill the gap. We intend to elucidate the Japanese opinion about Islamic affairs before and during World War II through the articles of Buddhist Daily Newspaper Chûgai Nippô (1937-1945), using its bibliographical database. We would like to introduce some examples of this interesting newspaper in this paper.
