Hawaii Times (November 10, 1956)

Article with picture of Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi (at the age of almost 29 years old), from page 8 of 10 from “Hawaii Times” newspaper of November 10 (Saturday), 1956.

Below I have personally decoded the Japanese characters in the article and provided an automatic translation. There may be errors.

Text:

英文說明を附して
花札の國際化
任天堂山内祉長の抱負

京都下京區正面通り大橋に本店を, 東京都千代田區神田須田町と大阪市甫區長堀橋に各支店を何する任天堂骨牌株式會社々長山内博氏が世界一週の途次八日當地に寄着し, 十三日までハレクヲニ・ホテルに滯在, 昨日石原儀平氏の案内で挨拶のため來社した
山内社長の談 私の叨では日本固有の花札や西洋流のカ丨ドを製造, 海外に楡出してゐるが北米及び中南米ではこれが市場を調査し, ドイツ, イタリ丨, フランス, スイス四ケ國では, その製造工場を視察します, 戰前まではその製品の六割までを海外に出してゐました, 戰前の楡出先きは主として東南アジアでしたが, 戰後はこれが中南米に變つてゐます, 布哇に來てゐる花札は各社を合はせて年間五萬個位でせう, 今度これが遊ぴ方を英文で書いた說明書をつけるように計志してゐる (寫真は山内博氏)

Translation:

With English explanation
Internationalization of Hanafuda
The ambitions of Nintendo’s President Yamauchi Hiroshi

The head of Nintendo Card Company, which has its main store in Ohashi, Shomen-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, and branches in Kanda Sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and Nagahoribashi, Hoso-ku, Osaka, arrived in the area on the 8th during a one-week trip around the world, and stayed at the Harekwoni Hotel until the 13th. He came to the company yesterday to say hello accompanied by Ishihara Gihei.
President Yamauchi said: “In our company, we manufacture Japanese-style Hanafuda and Western-style cards and export them overseas, but in North and Central America, we are investigating the market and will be inspecting the manufacturing plants in Germany, Italy, France, and Switzerland. Until the war, up to 60% of our products were exported overseas. Before the war, Hanafuda cards were mainly exported to Southeast Asia, but after the war, this changed to Central and South America. The total number of Hanafuda cards shipped to Hawaii by various companies is about 50,000 per year and we are planning to include instructions in English on how to play the cards.” (Photo by Hiroshi Yamauchi)