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Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou (臺灣日日新報)

Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou

Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou was first published in 1898 and was the most long-lasting and widely circulated newspaper in Taiwan during the Japanese Colonialism. Many outstanding Taiwanese and Japanese writers, such as Heng Lian, worked for the newspaper and established a solid foundation for its high quality.

Chinese Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou

In November 1901, Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou added two Chinese pages with 8 pages in total. From July 1905, the Chinese pages were expanded and separately published as Chinese Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou. Six years later, the publication of Chinese Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou was ceased, and the publisher kept two added Chinese pages to the Japanese version. In April 1937, the Chinese pages were completely removed from the newspaper.

Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou

Transmission digitized 340 rolls of microforms produced by Yumani Shobou (Yumani Bookstore) and converted more than 100,000 page images into PDF files. In addition, Transmissions editorial department carefully indexed each headlines, and made the content searchable. Users now can easily access this valuable historical resource by browsing the index and view the full-text contents. The digitized version of Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou is an indispensable resource for the Taiwan study researchers.

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Chinese Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou

The National Taiwan University Library preserves this valuable resource by building a full-text digital archive for its contents with more than 30 million characters. With very careful evaluation, Transmission was chosen to work as a partner to create the metadata for this archive and built a full-text searchable database. Chinese Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou is no doubt a very valuable resources for Taiwan studies and its features include:

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◆  Users can search the full-text content with more than 30 million characters. The database is an indispensable resource for studies of Taiwan during the Japanese Colonialism.