2013 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 265-272
Children's newspapers are specifically prepared for children. The first such newspaper in Japan is said to be, "Kodomo Shinbun", launched in 1876. The history of children's newspapers was discussed based on archives of the Japan Newspaper Museum (Yokohama), and other sources. The article types were compared between 16 archival papers pictured at the Museum, and 23 current papers collected by the Author. The selected article types were: news, school reports, amusements, study, advertisements, and war articles (for papers during the war period). The article types, styles, and added rubies were common for both current papers and archival papers. But it looks like the current papers have more "study" articles and less "amusement" articles than archival papers.
