Trans-Pacific Online
Launched in Tokyo in 1919 as the flagship of the Japan-America Association by Benjamin Fleisher (1870-1946), publisher of the
Japan Advertiser, the
Trans-Pacific began with a mission to stimulate US-Japan amity. Published monthly, then weekly, and sharing editorial and corporate resources with the
Japan Advertiser, the
Trans-Pacific soon became that newspaper’s
de facto weekly edition, serving up a heady mix of political, cultural and commercial news to forward-looking Japanese and western readerships. A victim of its own success, the
Trans-Pacific was bought out by the
Japan Times in December 1940, ending its brief but distinguished career in uneasy partnership with the
Japan Times Weekly.
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"Brill Asian Studies Primary Source Database promises to bring Japan’s modern history closer to scholars and students, affording a deeper understanding of contemporary biases and hitherto unknown rivalries. This collection is certainly an essential source of information for the study of Japan and Asia in the first half of the twentieth century." - Tsuchiya Reiko, in:
Japan Review: Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies 2022-02