Rafu Shimpo
| Rafu Shimpo ( 羅 府 新 報 Rafu Shimpō )
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| description | Japanese-English language newspaper |
| First edition | 1903 |
| founder | Rippo Iijima, Masaharu Yamaguchi and Seijiro Shibuya |
| Frequency of publication | Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays |
| Range | 0.04 million readers |
| ( http://www.rafu.com/subscribe/ ) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Gwen Muranaka |
| editor | Michael Komai |
| Web link | rafu.com |
| Article archive | gpa.eastview.com/rafu |
Rafu Shimpo ( Japanese 羅 府 新 報 Rafu Shimpō , German 'Los Angeles News' ) is the oldest bilingual Japanese-English language newspaper in the USA, which has been in Little Tokyo , Los Angeles , California since 1903 - with an interruption from 1942 to 1946 appears.
The newspaper started in 1903 as a one-sided, duplicated newspaper in Japanese , produced by Rippo Iijima, Masaharu Yamaguchi, and Seijiro Shibuya. In 1922 HT Komai became the newspaper's publisher. He was followed by his son Akira and his grandson Michael. The name of the newspaper is essentially referred to as "Los Angeles Area Newspaper" ("ra", abbreviated from "rashogiri", allegedly a Chinese name for Los Angeles, "fu" "means" prefecture "and" shinpo "" which means newspaper ) translated. In 1926 an English-speaking part was added.
Togo Tanaka, the editor of the newspaper's English-language section, unsuccessfully appealed to the United States government to continue printing the newspaper in the event of war with Japan. He monitored the last edition of the newspaper before he was sent to the Manzanar Detention Center .
In 1942 the publication of the newspaper ceased due to the internment of Japanese Americans . In 1946 it was revived due to Akira Komai's foresight and the loyalty of his employees. Komai made sure that the newspaper's rent was paid during the war and hid the Japanese letters under the floorboards.
In 1993 the number of subscribers was 20,000 and the salaries of the 65 employees had to be frozen due to the economic situation.
In March 2010, the Los Angeles Times reported that Rafu Shimpo's circulation had fallen to 11,000 and the newspaper was losing money. The goal of community trips was to save their business from ruin. On March 25, 2016, publisher Michael Komai published an "open letter" stating that the newspaper had lost over $ 750,000 in the past three years and is expected to lose $ 350,000 in 2016, and thus At the end of the year, the company would have to be closed unless the finances improve. In 2019, Rafu Shimpo was the last bilingual Japanese-English newspaper in the US Mainland .
Web links
- Rafu Shimpo website
- Rafu Shimpo in the Densho Encyclopedia , Eiichiro Azuma
Individual evidence
- ↑ rafu.com/subscribe/ , accessed June 22, 2019
- ↑ a b c Muranaka Tapped to lead Rafu as senior editor. rafu.com, January 26, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d Iris Yokoi: Little Tokyo: Extra! Extra! Rafu Shimpo Is 90 . In: Los Angeles Times . September 19, 1993 (English, latimes.com ( Memento of June 22, 2019 in the Internet Archive )).
- ↑ Gil Asakawa: Being Japanese American: A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa… & Their Friends . 2nd Edition. Stone Bridge Press., Berkeley / New York 2015, ISBN 978-1-61172-022-8 , pp. 121 .
- ↑ Elaine Woo: Togo W. Tanaka dies at 93; journalist documented life at Manzanar internment camp . In: Los Angeles Times . July 5, 2009 (English, latimes.com ).
- ↑ Teresa Watanabe: LA's Little Tokyo looks to save struggling newspaper . In: Los Angeles Times . March 1, 2010 (English, latimes.com ( memento of April 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )).
- ^ Michael Komai: The State of The Rafu Shimpo: An Open Letter from the Publisher. Rafu Shimpo, March 25, 2016, accessed June 16, 2019 .
- ^ Daniela Gerson: A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the 'searing' history of immigrant incarceration. In: pri.org . May 30, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .