J. The Japan Times Archives, September 1865 to June 1866
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Digitized here is the content of the first newspaper titled the Japan Times, founded by a British publisher Charles Rickerby on September 8, 1865, three decades prior to the launch of today’s Japan Times.The content includes valuable articles contributed by the widely influential British diplomat Ernest Satow.Some of these articles were translated into a Japanese, printed in booklet form the year they were published, and were circulated among young samurai activists.Titled “Eikoku sakuron” (British Policy), the articles are said to have contributed greatly to the Meiji Restoration.Other articles by Satow include his translation of excerpts from the diaries of Japanese delegates to Europe.His articles offer vivid glimpses of his times.
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