初しょ報ほう

noun

first report; initial report; first news

Formal or literary term used in news, official announcements, or written contexts for the earliest information received about an event.

• 事じ故この初しょ報ほうが入はいり次し第だい、お知しらせします。

  We will inform you as soon as the first report of the accident comes in.

• 初しょ報ほうでは被ひ害がいは軽けい微びとされていたが、後のちに大だい規き模ぼな災さい害がいと判はん明めいした。

  The initial report said the damage was minor, but it later turned out to be a large-scale disaster.