Yubin Hochi Shimbun (c.1872) Yubin Hochi Shimbun (Mail Reporting News) was an important Meiji era government sponsored newspaper founded in 1872 by the important Japanese statesmen, politician and business map Maejima Hiskoa. The Yubin Hochi Shimbun simplified its name to Hochi Shimbun in 1894. The newspaper merged with another paper, the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1942. Click here for a list of rare maps from Yubin Hochi Shimbun. Rare maps by Yubin Hochi Shimbun currently for sale. Rare maps by Yubin Hochi Shimbun in the Geographicus Antique Map Archive.