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Yoshio Kaneko
In Japan at present there are in circulation five news -film weeklies, produced respectively by five newspaper companies. News of all kinds is brought to the public through these film weeklies. It would be superfluous to state that the growth of these film weeklies has been, without a single exception, closely dependent upon that of journalism. The Osaka Mainichi (known as D limaf), the pioneer in this line, started its Daiincii * News in the forty-first year of Meiji (T908J, which combined, later, with the Toni chi** News to become Daimai Toni chi Kokusai News. The Daimai News was followed by the Yomiuri News of the Yomiuri Newspaper Company, the Sekai News (World Newsj) of the Tokyo Asahi and Osaka Asahi Newspapers, and more recently, i.e., December, 1936, by the Remmei News prepared by the All Japan Sound News Press League which is a federation of local papers, and lastly by the Ddmei News presented by the Domei Newspaper beginning July,
1937
It was not until 1933 when the Sekai News was founded by the Asahi that the news -film began to show
signs of prosperity. During the past few years the two opposiin Asahi and the Kokusai (International^) News of the Daimai-Tonichi, have dominated news-film services. The news-film which supplies news in the raw, so to speak, has found great popular favour as a supplement to the newspaper. The Yomiuri News which until last year appeared semi-monthly became a weekly affair ; the Domei A'ews which started its career as recently as July, 1937, has already found a large audience, and now ranks with the older and more established film weeklies of the other companies.
A series of events that took place during 1937 have given great impetus to the development of the news-films. Indeed, its surprising development during the past year has been largely dependent upon this source of stimulation. Themes that had been regarded as suitable materials for cultural films— for instance, factory life — were shunted by the importance of the sudden outbreak of the SinoJapanese conflict and other happenings of similar significance. All this helped the news-film to become an independent entity with a peculiar function to fulfil. In as much as the eyes of the spectators, accustomed as they are to the speed of the times, seek the most up-to-date data, the producers are obliged to catch the events as quickly as possible. ITence the development of air-transportation for films which is now a commonplace. These remarks apply not only to home productions but also to foreign-made news-films. Exchange and distribution of films between Japan and foreign countries are now well systematized to the point of perfection, and, as a result,
services, the Sekai ( World j) News of the
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* abbreviation fcr Osaka Mainichi
** abbreviation for Tckyo Nichi Nichi
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