. ▁ ▁Br ief ▁history ▁ ▁Japanese ▁newsp apers ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁as ▁y omi uri ▁( <0xE8> <0xAA> <0xAD> <0xE5> <0xA3> <0xB2> 、 liter ally ▁" to ▁read ▁and ▁sell ") ▁or ▁k aw ar aban ▁( <0xE7> <0x93> <0xA6> 版 , ▁literally ▁" t ile - block ▁printing " ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁cl ay ▁printing ▁blocks ), ▁which ▁were ▁printed ▁hand b ills ▁sold ▁in ▁major ▁cities ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁major ▁social ▁gather ings ▁or ▁events . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁modern ▁newspaper ▁was ▁the ▁Nag as aki ▁Sh ipping ▁List ▁and ▁Ad vert iser , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁bi - week ly ▁by ▁the ▁English man ▁A . ▁W . ▁Hans ard . ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁appeared ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁June ▁ 1 8 6 1 . ▁In ▁November ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁Hans ard ▁moved ▁the ▁paper ▁to ▁Y ok oh ama ▁and ▁renamed ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁Japan ▁Her ald . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 2 , ▁the ▁Tok ug awa ▁sh og un ate ▁began ▁publishing ▁the ▁K amp an ▁bat abi ya ▁sh in b un , ▁a ▁translated ▁edition ▁of ▁a ▁widely ▁distributed ▁Dutch ▁government ▁newspaper . ▁These ▁two ▁papers ▁were ▁published ▁for ▁foreign ers , ▁and ▁contained ▁only ▁foreign ▁news . ▁The ▁first ▁Japanese ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁that ▁covered ▁foreign ▁and ▁domestic ▁news ▁was ▁the ▁Y ok oh ama ▁Main ichi ▁Shin b un ▁( <0xE6> <0xA8> <0xAA> <0xE6> <0xB5> <0x9C> <0xE6> <0xAF> <0x8E> 日 新