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*''Japanese'': 琉球新報 ''(Ryuukyuu Shinpou)''
 
*''Japanese'': 琉球新報 ''(Ryuukyuu Shinpou)''
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The Ryûkyû Shimpô (lit. "Ryukyu News(paper)")<ref>[http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E6%96%B0%E5%A0%B1&eng=&dict=edict Denshi Jisho]. Jisho.org. Accessed 6 September 2009.</ref> was the first [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawan]] newspaper<ref name=shimpo>"Ryūkyū Shimpō." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43395-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 6 September 2009.</ref>. It was founded in 1893 by [[Sho Jun (1873-1945)|Shô Jun]], a former prince of the [[Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]<ref>"Shō Jun." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p 40.</ref>, and is still in publication today.
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The Ryûkyû Shimpô (lit. "Ryukyu News(paper)")<ref>[http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E6%96%B0%E5%A0%B1&eng=&dict=edict Denshi Jisho]. Jisho.org. Accessed 6 September 2009.</ref> was the first [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawan]] newspaper<ref name=shimpo>"Ryūkyū Shimpō." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43395-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 6 September 2009.</ref>. It was founded in 1893 by [[Sho Jun (1873-1945)|Shô Jun]], a former prince of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]<ref>"Shō Jun." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p 40.</ref>, and is still in publication today.
    
Historian [[George H. Kerr]] says of the newspaper, upon its founding, that it "strengthened leadership and promoted the development of informed opinion on matters of public concern"<ref>Kerr, George H. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People'' (revised ed.). Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2003. p423.</ref>. It has also been described as speaking for the former ruling class of the kingdom. Editor-in-chief [[Ota Chofu|Ôta Chôfu]], along with others from the newspaper, played a role in the [[Kodo-kai Movement|Kôdô-kai Movement]], arguing for leadership of the prefecture to remain hereditary within the Shô family, and opposing the [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]] (''Jiyû minken undô'') led in Okinawa by, among others, [[Jahana Noboru]]<ref name=rekishi>Shinzato, Keiji, et al. ''Okinawa-ken no rekishi'' (沖縄県の歴史, "History of Okinawa Prefecture"). Tokyo: Yamakawa Publishing, 1996. p192.</ref>.
 
Historian [[George H. Kerr]] says of the newspaper, upon its founding, that it "strengthened leadership and promoted the development of informed opinion on matters of public concern"<ref>Kerr, George H. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People'' (revised ed.). Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2003. p423.</ref>. It has also been described as speaking for the former ruling class of the kingdom. Editor-in-chief [[Ota Chofu|Ôta Chôfu]], along with others from the newspaper, played a role in the [[Kodo-kai Movement|Kôdô-kai Movement]], arguing for leadership of the prefecture to remain hereditary within the Shô family, and opposing the [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]] (''Jiyû minken undô'') led in Okinawa by, among others, [[Jahana Noboru]]<ref name=rekishi>Shinzato, Keiji, et al. ''Okinawa-ken no rekishi'' (沖縄県の歴史, "History of Okinawa Prefecture"). Tokyo: Yamakawa Publishing, 1996. p192.</ref>.
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