從甲午戰爭到進駐臺北城為止日本國內大報紙上的臺灣認識

The Content Analysis of Newspapers in Japan: Taiwan Issues From the Ni-Sin War to Entering Taipei City

到進駐台北城（1895年6月）為止，日本國內的報紙在甲午戰爭（1894年8月1日開始）時如雨後春筍般地紛紛進行關於台灣內部事物的宣傳活動；然而，各報紙也只能靠無在地性的途徑，也就是說以非實地觀察、實地接觸的管道來取得關於台灣方面的情報。在本研究所探討的『國民新聞』、『都新聞』、『萬朝報』、『日本新聞』、『時事新報』皆有個共同之處，就是把對台灣關心的焦點都集中在包含開拓土地和開發商品經濟這種「產業開發」之上。其原因是日本政府欲使社會大眾對台灣經濟狀況取得更廣泛的理解，而藉著『官報』轉載來自奧國的『澳國東洋月報』中關於台灣經濟的新聞；而且在未爆發甲午戰爭以前，日本社會就很流行移居至人煙稀少之地，戰爭時也興起了創業的熱潮，其也促使了報紙對「產業開發」的重視。再加上，大部分的報紙並沒認識到「漢民族系社會」；也就是說他們對漢民族系住民以村落共同體為單位掌握了商品經濟及其基盤的農業生產主導權之現象一無所知。因此並沒有把「漢民族系社會」視為日本人在「產業開發」時的一大威脅，也就只能大肆宣傳他們所認知的「產業開發」了。本研究希望能透過探討『國民新聞』、『都新聞』、『萬朝報』、『日本新聞』、『時事新報』這些報紙對於「漢民族系社會」以及「產業開發」的報導，來解明從甲午戰爭到進駐台北城為止當時輿論所呈現出來的台灣認識。

From the beginning of Ni-Sin War(August 1, 1894) to Japanese entered Taipei city(June, 1895), most newspapers in Japan started reporting social situations and public activities of Taiwan. However, the resources of the reports did not directly collect from journalists’ live coverage or actual observation. Most newspapers merely focus on Taiwanese industrial development of land and commodity. The reasons why newspapers centered their issues on industrial development was mainly due to the Japanese government's enthusiasm by reprinting Austria newspaper columns reporting Taiwanese industrial development onto the “official newspaper”. After the war, the increasing population of emigrating to outland areas and the trend for people to run their own business also affected Japanese newspapers’ interests in reporting Taiwan's industrial development. However, the reports were not enough to help realizing the fact that the major factors affecting Taiwanese industrial development was the so-called “Kan-tribe society,” which implied Han people always gathered to establish a village in order to develop their own economics and agricultures. Most newspapers did not point out the “Kan-tribe society” as the threat for Japanese to promote the industrial development in Taiwan. This study aims to examine how five different kinds of newspapers in Japan, including the Kokuminn Press, the Miyako Press, the Yorozutyou Press, the Nihonn Press, and the Zizi Press, reported issues related to Taiwanese industrial development and “Kan-tribe society” during that period of time.