Fonds/Series
Japan Press Research Institute
- Title
- Japan Press Research Institute
- Contents
- If we trace the origins of the Japan Press Research Institute, it leads us to Domei News Agency. The organization was dissolved in 1945, but the activities of Domei News Agency were taken over by present-day Kyodo News and Jiji Press. With remaining assets after Domei News Agency’s liquidation, the public-interest incorporated foundation “Tsushinsha-shi Kankokai” (Group for Publishing News Agency History) was established in 1947. The "Tsūshinshashi” (History of News Agencies), which summarized activities from the birth of modern communication agencies in the Meiji era to the early activities of Kyodo and Jiji, was published in 1958. Two years later, the Group for Publishing News Agency History was renamed the Japan Press Research Institute, and it has since been engaged in investigative research, journalism data collection, event organization, and issuing monthly magazines and books. In 2010, they established a specialized library, the “Tsūshinsha Library” (News Agency Library), offering related books and collected materials to the public. To enhance the convenience of viewing materials, in 2018, they launched a digital archive, “Dōmei tsūshinsha shiryō kōkai saito” (Domei News Agency Site for Releasing Archival Materials), and they are continuing to make their collection of materials available to the public.
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