The “Tairiku Nippō” (Continental Daily News) was a predominantly Japanese language newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia from January 1908 through December 6, 1941, the eve of Pearl Harbor. One of the few sources of news for Japanese immigrants to Canada the newspaper is a unique cultural record of the Japanese-Canadian experience in Canada. The UBC Library, with the kind permission of Alfred Iwasaki, a descendent of the original publisher and owner Yasushi Yamazaki, is making this resource available again for a new generation of scholars. To view the ongoing project please visit the collection’s site.

The front page of the The Saturday, December 6, 1941 “Tairiku Nippō” (Continental Daily News)