Yōen jihō

Yōen jihō, also known as Koloa Times, was a Japanese language newspaper published from Koloa, Kauai County, Hawaii.[1][2][3] The first issue of the publication was issued on February 2, 1921.[2][4] It was launched by the Kaua'i branch of the Federation of Japanese Labor in the aftermath of the 1920 sugar strike.[1][5]

During its initial phase, the newspaper was published twice weekly.[1] Yōen jihō was the most radical of the ethnic newspapers in the area at the time.[2] It carried several articles on Marxism and Socialism.[1] Ichiro Izuka served as the editor of the newspaper.[2] Yōen jihō gained a circulation of 1,000.[2] The newspaper was published by Yoen Jiho Sha Ltd.[3]

In 1923 Reverend Seikan Higa, a Methodist pastor, shifted his residence to Koloa.[6] He took over the management of Yōen jihō in 1925 or 1926. Higa then sold it to Chinyei Kinjo in 1928.[7][8]

It continued publication until 1941.[2] In its latter period G. Arashiro was the editor of the publication, which was issued weekly on Wednesdays. It had a circulation of 2,430.[3] The newspaper folded on April 30, 1970, citing a decline in readership.[9]

References
  1. Hawaii Pono Journal. Vanguard Press. 1970. p. 63.
  2. Helen Geracimos Chapin (January 1996). Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawai'i. University of Hawaii Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-8248-1718-3.
  3. Ayer Directory of Publications. Ayer Press. 1941. p. 189.
  4. Library of Congress. About The Yoen jiho = Yōen jihō. (Koloa, Kauai, T.H.) 1921-1970
  5. Counterpoint, Perspectives on Asian America. 1976. p. 391.
  6. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Ethnic Studies Oral History Project (1981). Uchinanchu: A History of Okinawans in Hawaii. Ethnic Studies Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8248-0749-8.
  7. Japanese American history : an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present. Niiya, Brian., Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.). New York: Facts on File. 1993. ISBN 0816026807. OCLC 26853950.CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. Chinen, Karleen C. (2012). Hawaii's AJA pioneers : one hundred profiles commemorating the centennial of the Hawaii Hochi. Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaii Hochi Ltd. p. 39.
  9. Chinen, Karleen C. (2012). Hawaii's AJA pioneers : one hundred profiles commemorating the centennial of the Hawaii Hochi. Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaii Hochi Ltd. pp. 41–42.


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