Doyōbi
The Doyōbi (, ) was an anti-fascist newspaper published in Kyoto, Japan, from July 1936 to November 1937. The Doyōbi ("Saturday") was named after the Vendredi ("Friday"), an organ of the French Popular Front. Katsuo Nose (1894–1979), Masakazu Nakai (1900–1952) and Kaname Hayashi (1894–1991), who were popular academics in Kyoto, were responsible for the editing, while Raitaro Saito (1903–1997), a film actor, managed the finances and advertisements by sponsors. The Doyōbi was a six-page tabloid-size newspaper. The cover page consisted of an illustration by Kenzo Itani (1902–1970) and an editorial opinion from Nakai, Nose or another editor. Apart from the cover page, one page was reserved for movie information, while the remaining four pages were filled by columns about culture, women and entertainment. The content and writing were significantly simple and plain, but maintained an anti-fascist and anti-war stance with cautious wording. The Doyōbi was distributed by bookstores, with each store stocking 5 to 30 copies. To quickly boost sales, Saito delivered 20 to 30 copies of the Doyōbi to sponsoring cafés for free. The Doyōbis reputation then spread day by day, and many cafés bought and put the Doyōbi on tables. The Doyōbis circulation, which was 2,000 at first, increased to 8,000 at the peak. Nose and Nakai held editorial meetings at cafés like the Salon de thé François, which became the center of the Popular Front movement in Kyoto. The Doyōbi frequently reported on the lives of workers in Kyoto, as well as being full of amusing articles about movies and fashions, and these articles were the principal characteristic of this newspaper. However, the police strengthened the suppression of the left-wing activists after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in July 1937. In November 1937, Nakai and Saito were arrested and the Doyōbi was discontinued. Afterward, the police arrested the rest of the members, including Nose, intermittently. This wholesale arrest was later called the Kyoto Popular Front Incident of 1937. See also
Japanese resistance during the Shōwa period

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