Friendship Dolls
Newspaper Articles

	Miss Tottori

Innumerable newspaper articles have been published about the Friendship Dolls. Many of these articles center around an individual doll who means so much to the children at an elementary school or to the people living in the local area. 

The New York Times newspaper gave this report on March 4, 1927, when the American Blue-eyed Dolls arrived in Japan:

With appropriate and charming ceremonies selected dolls from American children as gifts were today handed over to representatives of the Japanese children. The idea of sending the gifts . . . to such a cheerful family anniversary as the annual girls' festival touched the imagination of the Japanese people, and probably every home in Japan today heard friendly talk about America.

The following three newspaper articles describe the reception in Japan of the American Blue-eyed Dolls:

• Japan Officially Hails Dolls From America - from The New York Times, March 4, 1927.

• Doll Messengers of Friendship from America - from 1927 Asahi English Supplement.

• Gifts of Friendship - from The New York Times, March 18, 1927.

Below are just a couple of the many more recent newspaper articles about the dearly loved Japanese Friendship Dolls:

• Pretty Porcelain Dolls That Came in Peace - Article from The Christian Science Monitor, April 15, 1997. Describes the story of Miss Toyama, who was "considered drowned" for over 50 years.
• 41st Friendship Doll Found - English translation of article in Yomiuri America, March 13, 1998. Describes series of events leading to "discovery" of Miss Chosen.

Additional newspaper articles can be found in the section on the individual Japanese Friendship Dolls.

Photo used with permission of Tottori Prefectural Government