Yōen Jihō
Yōen Jihō / 洋園時報 [The Yoen Jiho], (Koloa, HI)

The Yōen Jihō was an organ paper of the Kauai Japanese Labor Association, initially published in 1921. In 1926, the owner changed from Kiyoshi Tsubaki to Seikan Hika, a church pastor, and Chinei Kaneshiro became the president. Having been suspected of being a communist, Kaneshiro was detained and investigated upon his visit to Japan in 1939. After two years, Kaneshiro returned to Hawaii, and the publisher moved to Hanapepe in 1941.
『洋園時報』は日本加哇日本人労働同盟会の機関紙として、1921年に発刊された。1926年にオーナーは椿清から教会牧師の比嘉静観に変わり、金城珍栄が社長に就任した。1939年金城は日本訪問の際、横浜にて共産主義者容疑で身柄を拘束、取り調べを受けた。2年後、同氏はハワイに戻り、洋園時報社をハナペペに移転させた。
References
Ebihara, Hachirō 蛯原八郎. 1936. Kaigai hōji shinbun zasshishi : furoku, Kaigai hōjin gaiji shinbun zasshishi 海外邦字新聞雜誌史 ; 附錄. 海外邦人外字新聞雜誌史. Tōkyō 東京: Gakuji Shoin 學而書院.
“Bunka no chimata o saru tooki Kawai ni senzai surutoha ie seji ni kuraki Yōen jihō文化の巷を去る遠き加哇に潜在するとは云へ世事に暗き洋園時報.” Hawai Hōchi (Honolulu, HI) April 3, 1922. Accessed March 6, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/thi19220403-01.1.1
“Kōjō kensetsu ukeoi nyūsatsu Yōen jihōsha kōjō ittō工場建築請負入札 洋園時報社工場一棟.” Nippu Jiji (Honolulu, HI) January 24, 1921. Accessed March 6, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/tnj19210124-01.1.3
“Koroa Yōen jihō shū nikai hakkō コロア洋園時報社週二回発行.”Hawai Hōchi (Honolulu, HI) October 20, 1930. Accessed March 6, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/thi19301020-01.1.2
“Yōen jihō dai-ichigō 洋園時報第一号.”Nippu Jiji (Honolulu, HI) May 12, 1921. Accessed March 6, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/tnj19210512-01.1.3
“Yōen jihō no Kaneshiro-shi Yokohama de torishirabe uku. Kyōsanshugi no kengi ni yori 洋園時報の金城氏横浜で取り調べ受く。共産主義の嫌疑により.”Nippu Jiji (Honolulu, HI) April 8, 1939. Accessed March 7, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/tnj19390408-02.1.3
“Yōen jihō no Kaneshiro shachō Yokohama de taiho saru. Kyōsanshugi no kengi nite 洋園時報の金城氏横浜で逮捕さる。共産主義の嫌疑にて.” Hawai Hōchi (Honolulu, HI) April 8, 1939. Accessed March 7, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/thi19390408-01.1.1
“Yōen jihō saikan 洋園時報再刊.” Nippu Jiji (Honolulu, HI) June 28, 1941. Accessed March 6, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/tnj19410628-01.1.5
“Yōen jihō no shanai kaikaku 洋園時報の社内改革.” Nippu Jiji (Honolulu, HI) April 28, 1941. Accessed March 6, 2019. https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/tnj19410428-01.1.3