1950年のモスクワ放送日本語番組――冷戦期の日本語放送に対する評価と改革提言

抄録

The broadcast of the Japanese programs to Japan by Moscow Radio, which started in April 1942 during World War II, had various defects. However, the broadcast itself continued without any improvement. Then, in the postwar Cold War period, the Japanese programs of Moscow Radio became a part of communist propaganda to the “West”. What points have come to be emphasized in the radio broadcast to Japan by Moscow Radio during the postwar Cold War period? In addition, have the various shortcomings of Japanese programs that have been overlooked so far been overcome? How has postwar Japanese broadcast changed compared to broadcast during WWII?

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the role played by the Japanese programs by Moscow Radio during the postwar Cold War period and the points to be improved in the broadcast programs in line with them, and to consider their meanings. How was the Cold War trying to change Japanese broadcasting?

This paper consists of six sections: first, summary of study of the Radio Moscow and broadcast programs in Japanese from WWII to period of Cold War; second, criticisms and improvements of defects in the Cold War; third, persons involved in the improvement; fourth, frequencies and broadcast times of Japanese programs; fifth, relation of Japanese programs to Cold War; sixth, generalization of radio broadcast of Japanese programs to Japan in 1950.