Jitsugyō no Nihon

Jitsugyō no Nihon (実業の日本, meaning "Business Japan" in English) was one of the first business magazines of Japan. The magazine, published monthly, was based in Tokyo.

History

Jitsugyō no Nihon was started in 1897.[1][2] The first issue appeared on 10 June 1897.[3] The founding publisher was Dainihon Jitsugyo Gakkai.[3] Later it was published by a company with the same name, Jitsugyō no Nihon Sha, Ltd.,[4] which was founded by Masuda Yoshikazu in 1900.[3] Masuda Yoshikazu was the first editor and Shibusawa Eiichi was among the regular contributors.[3] The magazine was published on a fortnightly basis[5] and later on a monthly basis[2] The headquarters was in Tokyo.[2]

Jitsugyō no Nihon covered articles about economy, finance and current affairs.[3] It also offered information about business targeting people with no formal education on the subject.[4] The magazine was one of the supporters of Japan's participating in World War II.[6]

gollark: Imagine having money‽
gollark: You COULD just DIY a resistor with a big thing of copper or whatever?
gollark: What if water resistor?
gollark: It's a fancier `find`.
gollark: Hmm, what if `fd -g "*.c" | xargs gcc`?

References
  1. "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzaki. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis Group. 2004. p. 2357. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. "Special Exhibition "Shibusawa Eiichi and Jitsugyo no Nihon: Businessmen as Seen in Magazines"" (PDF). Shibusawa Memorial Museum Newsletter (3). 1 September 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. T.W. Dunfee; Y. Nagayasu (30 September 1993). Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-7923-2427-0. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. S. Takahashi (1946). "The Magazines of Japan" (PDF). eVols. 13 (1). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. Antony Best; Oliviero Frattolillo (5 October 2015). Japan and the Great War. Springer. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-137-54674-6. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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