Kanpō (Japanese government gazette)

The logo of the Kanpō, the Japanese government gazette

The former Government Publications Service Center at Kasumigaseki, Tokyo

Kanpō (Japanese: 官報, literally "Official report") is the official gazette of the Japanese government. Its official publication started in 1886, from National Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance.

Japan traditionally relied on the Kōsatsu, a wooden plaque placed at shukuba and other important places to let the public in general know the shogun's nationwide or daimyo's local proclamations. As the people's literacy rate improved and the modern nation emerged under the Meiji government, the Kōsatsu was abolished in 1873 and eventually replaced by the Kanpō, the Japanese government gazette, now available on the Internet.

See also

• Public notice
• Kōsatsu

External links

• Kanpo Internet Kanpo (National Printing Bureau) in Japanese
• Government Publications Service Centers of Kanpo Ltd. in Japanese